International HRM in an Uncertain World

<p>This book explores international human resource management (IHRM) practices in the contexts of high uncertainties. It encompasses situations of financial crisis, political and civil uncertainty, environmental collapse and recession.</p><p>Research on unstable and unpredictable contexts on business and HRM remain relatively scarce and scattered across disciplines. This volume brings together recent thinking from a range of different perspectives and methodologies. MNEs are often distinguished by the supposedly superior ability to implement highly tactical, more robust talent management practices, including work-based, HRM-led and international systems, in line with the rest of their worldwide operations; however, they often fall short. The chapters in this book explore the how, why, and when. At a theoretical level, this collection brings together developments and extensions of a range of salient theories. They explore common methodological challenges and ways forward for future researchers on HRM in high contextual uncertainty. </p><p>The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of <i>The International Journal of Human Resource Management. </i></p> <p><b>Introduction </b>Human resource management in the context of high uncertainties<b> 1.</b> Context-specific understandings of uncertainty: a focus on people management practices in Mongolia<b> 2.</b> Breaking away or holding on to the past? Exploring HRM systems of export-oriented SMEs in a highly uncertain context: insights from a transition economy in the periphery<b> 3.</b> Variations and differences in the application of HR policies and practices by US hotel multinational firm’s subsidiaries across coordinated and transitional periphery economies: a case approach<b> 4.</b> Context, governance, associational trust and HRM: diversity and commonalities<b> 5.</b> Human resource capabilities in uncertain environments<b> 6.</b> Idiosyncratic deals in less competitive labor markets: testing career i-deals in the Greek context of high uncertainties<b> Afterword </b>Researching IHRM in an Uncertain World: Methodological Challenges and Solutions.</p>