ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the state of the art in the human resources management (HRM) literature across Europe and underlines the impact for managers and the influences and requirements for the European managerial mindset. It suggests that what can be characterised as a particular 'European' mindset of European managers as well as of successful business managers in Europe may also be an entry point to the global mindset. The variety of European businesses requires contextual as well as more global configurations of HRM systems, since Europe is far from being a homogenous group of countries or a region of only (sub-)cultures. 'Clearly, the European evidence suggests that management can see the unions, as social partners with a positive role to play in HRM. In the face of the present challenges to people management and the European workplace, people expect migration and exclusion–inclusion issues as well as mobility to be the core themes important for HRM managers.
