International Human Resource and Cross Cultural Management: Mir - Special Issue 1/97

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The unfamiliarity of foreign environments is one of MNC’s major challenges. Most essential are culture-related developments, since their implicitness prevents the applications of simple management models based on home country experience and research. Mir special issue 1/97 faces challenges and analyzes essential considerations governing international human resource and cross cultural management in the latter 1990s. International business scholars contribute to this special issue and present theoretical concepts and empirical evidence on research fields like: emic practices and etic philosophies of international human resource management; Asia-Pacific and EU challenges of international human resource management; flexible working in Europe; human resource management in East-West joint ventures; culture-related patterns of work organization in the automotive industry; human resource management and competitive intelligence; network and heterarchical organization of international human resource management; international human resource management and corporate performance; global leadership and women leaders.