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JAPANESE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: INSPIRATIONS FROM ABROAD AND CURRENT TRENDS OF CHANGE

Markus Pudelko Anne-Wil Harzing

Version November 2009

To be published in Bebenroth, R. (ed) (2010) International Human Resource Management in Japan, London: Routledge.

Copyright © 2008-2009 Markus Pudelko & Anne-Wil Harzing All rights reserved.

Prof. Anne-Wil Harzing University of Melbourne Department of Management & Marketing Faculty of Economics & Commerce Parkville Campus Melbourne, VIC 3010 Australia

Email: anne-wil@harzing.com Web: www.harzing.com

Japanese Human Resource Management: Inspirations from Abroad and Current Trends of Changei

Authors Markus Pudelko University of Edinburgh Management School 50 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JY, UK Tel: + 44 131 651 1491; Fax: + 44 131 668 3053, e-mail: markus.pudelko@ed.ac.uk Anne-Wil Harzing University of Melbourne, Department of Management Parkville 3010, AUSTRALIA Tel: +61 3 8344 3724, Fax +61 3 9349 4293, e-mail: harzing@unimelb.edu.au

Markus Pudelko is Professor of International Business at Tübingen University and worked previously at the University of Edinburgh Business School. He has earned Masters degrees in Business Studies (University of Cologne), Economics (Sorbonne University) and International Management (Community of European Management Schools - CEMS) and a PhD (University of Cologne). Markus Pudelko published previously on Japanese management practices in journals such as Human Resource Management, Long Range Planning, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Human Resource Management Journal, Organizational Dynamics and Asian Business and Management. In 2005 he co-edited a book entitled “Japanese Management: The Search for a New Balance between Continuity and Change” with Palgrave. Anne-Wil Harzing is Professor in International Management at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her research interests include international HRM, expatriate management, HQsubsidiary

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