NEW TO THIS EDITION: Offers the most up-to-date coverage of technological and demographic trends changing the nature of work and organizations worldwide. Seamless application of concepts with the inclusion of action-oriented learning objectives allows students to understand the most important...

Research on Talent Management (TM) has been lagging behind businesses in offering vision and leadership in this field. After sketching a comprehensive outline of knowledge about TM, theoretical as well as practical, we introduce the papers in this special issue and their important contributions....

This paper examines factors affecting the performance of Western women on global assignments. Four categories of causal agents that affect female expatriates' success are: their individual characteristics, their organizations, their families, and the host nationals with whom they work. Along...