ABSTRACT
The past 15 years have witnessed tremendous advancements in the research and practice of international human resource management (Brewster et al., 2005; Sparrow and Braun, 2006; Sparrow and Brewster, 2006; Taylor et al., 1996). Broadly speaking, the consensus is that international human resource management (IHRM) is about the worldwide management of human resources (e.g. Brewster, 2002; Brewster and Suutari, 2005; Briscoe and Schuler, 2004; Harris and Brewster, 1999; Poole, 1999). More specifically, the field of IHRM is about understanding, researching, applying and revising all human resource activities in their internal and external contexts as they impact the processes of managing human resources in organizations throughout the global environment to enhance the experience of multiple stakeholders (Schuler and Jackson, 2005; Schuler and Tarique, 2003; Sparrow and Braun, 2006; Sparrow and Brewster, 2006; Stahl and Bjorkman, 2006).
