Extract: Shakespeare's prophetic line from his play King Richard III: ''A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a Horse!'' has renewed meaning for human resource managers in global organizations. Staffing global organizations (e.g., finding an adequate number of qualified horses) has become...

The demands of managing international assignments are major considerationswithin strategic IHRM theory and most frequently considered within long-termemployment choices between parent-country expatriates or host-country nationals. Yetrecent studies from the Centre for Research into the...