This book examines how governments, non-profit and private organizations, and local networks understand the connections between public values and social issues. Western societies face complex social issues and a growing diversity of views on how these should be addressed. The traditional view...

The Handbook of Research on Comparative Human Resource Management provides a theoretical, practical and regional analysis of comparative HRM. This book, edited by two specialists on comparative HRM and written by leading experts on each topic and from each region, explores the range of different...

1. The meaning and value of comparative human resource management: an introduction / Elaine Farndale, Wolfgang Mayrhofer and Chris Brewster -- Part I Theoretical, conceptual and empirical issues in comparative HRM -- 2. Comparative institutional analysis and comparative HRM / Geoffrey Wood,...