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,...

The lively debate about converging or diverging management practices is not yet decided. Human resource management (HRM) is no exception. Using the widely discussed issue of HR specialists handing over HR tasks to line management as an example, the article analyses whether European companies in...