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International Human Resource
Management
3rd Edition
Chris Brewster, Paul Sparrow, Guy Vernon and Elizabeth Houldsworth
Chris Brewster is Professor of International HRM at Henley Business
School, University of Reading.
Paul Sparrow is Director of the Centre for Performance-Led HR and
Professor of International HRM at Lancaster University Management
School.
Guy Vernon is Lecturer in Human Resource Management at Southampton
University.
Elizabeth Houldsworth is Lecturer in International HRM at Henley
Business School, University of Reading.
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International Human Resource
Management
3rd Edition
Chris Brewster, Paul Sparrow, Guy Vernon and Elizabeth Houldsworth
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151 The Broadway, London, SW19 1JQ
First published 2011
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Management
3rd Edition
Chris Brewster, Paul Sparrow, Guy Vernon and Elizabeth Houldsworth
Chris Brewster is Professor of International HRM at Henley Business
School, University of Reading.
Paul Sparrow is Director of the Centre for Performance-Led HR and
Professor of International HRM at Lancaster University Management
School.
Guy Vernon is Lecturer in Human Resource Management at Southampton
University.
Elizabeth Houldsworth is Lecturer in International HRM at Henley
Business School, University of Reading.
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development is the leading publisher of books and reports for personnel and training professionals, students, and all those concerned with the effective management and development of people at work. For details of all our titles, please contact the publishing department: tel: 020–8612 6204 email publish@cipd.co.uk
The catalogue of all CIPD titles can be viewed on the CIPD website: www.cipd.co.uk/bookstore Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
International Human Resource
Management
3rd Edition
Chris Brewster, Paul Sparrow, Guy Vernon and Elizabeth Houldsworth
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Published by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, CIPD House,
151 The Broadway, London, SW19 1JQ
First published 2011
© Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, 2011
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
This publication may not be sold, lent, hired out or otherwise dealt with in the course of trade or supplied in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published without the prior written permission of the publisher.
No responsibility for loss occasioned to any person acting or