Introduction

This chapter introduces the book entitled Human Resource Management in an Emerging South Asian Economy: The Case of Brunei. It describes the aim and importance of the book, which is mainly focused on analysing, comparing, and contrasting domestic enterprises and multinational enterprises, and oil and gas and non-oil and -gas sectors, and draws out the comparative lessons for understanding the potential and performance consequences of HR interventions in resource-centred national economies. The chapter also presents the structure of the book.