Having already outlined in the Introduction the broad content of HRM at Work, we can now move on to explain how the book might be used. We think it is best to work one’s way through the book sequentially, given the first four chapters set the backdrop within which specific areas of HR practice are designed, the next two review the work...

THE IDEA FOR THIS BOOK literally came to me in the middle of the night. That creative part of my brain insisted that I get up and make some damn notes. In that sleepy fog, I saw myself crafting this little book along with its siblings – of course, it’s a series! I imagined them like little messengers, offering valuable...

Unique in its global and interdisciplinary scope, this collection brings together comparative insights across European, Ottoman, Japanese, and US imperial contexts while spanning colonized spaces in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Middle East, and East and Southeast Asia. Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives...