"In this extensively revised fourth edition textbook, authors Vladimir Pucik, Ingmar Björkman, Paul Evans and Günter Stahl take a people management and organizational perspective on the complex issues involved in successfully managing today's multinational firms. Taking account of contemporary...

In mergers and acquisitions (M&A), special emphasis is usually placed on the strategic and financial goals of the deal, while the psychological, cultural, and human resource implications do not receive as much attention. This book examines the dynamics of the sociocultural processes inherent in...

bExtract/b: This article describes promotion patterns and the resulting career timetables among managers in a large Japanese trading company. The observed patterns are contrasted with several propositions on promotions in Japanese organizations. Similarity with patterns reported in other...