Research paradigms in international human resource management: An epistemological systematisation of the field

Author(s):  
Jaime Bonache ◽  
Marion Festing

The explicit consideration of Research Paradigms in International Human Resource Management, the title of this Special Issue, helps us in analysing and systematising the field to show how research in international human resource management is typically conducted, what preferred perspectives prevail and which approaches have been rather neglected so far. In this introduction, we map the field, and after defining the contours of international human resource management, we use the distinction between positivism and interpretivism to outline implications for the goals of international human resource management studies and associated ontological and epistemological assumptions. Next, we analyse research methods, ways to construct research questions, researchers’ roles, sampling procedures, data collection techniques, key theoretical contributions, focus on context in theory construction, quality indicators of data analysis and evaluation criteria in each of the two key research paradigms when studying international human resource management issues. In so doing, we offer a framework for the contributions made to this Special Issue, including literature reviews focusing on the systematisation of international human resource management research, using various paradigm lenses and specific methods. We sincerely hope that the notions, typologies and contributions included in this Special Issue, all based on extensive literature reviews, will help advance research in international human resource management.

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Babin Pokharel

This conceptual article aims at understanding the reason behind the failure of expatriate in international assignments and focuses on comprehensive Human Resource concepts that will help in overcoming the rate of expatriate failure. Various HR concepts in relation with HR literature are presented in this article that will have an evident effect on the company’s performance and represents the effective system for the expatriate. The HR concepts presented in this article will eventually increase the job performance of the expatriate, and less likely to encounter culture shock whenever expatriate are chosen for international assignments.


2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 143
Author(s):  
Lily Thoo ◽  
Maniam Kaliannan

This study attempts to examine various issues pertaining to the complexities of international assignment, one of the major dimensions of International Human Resource Management (IHRM). It is our hope that by deep understanding of the uniqueness of international staffing policies, root causes of expatriate failure as well as the challenges encountered by expatriates; a more strategic IHRM approach can then be strategized by multinational corporations (MNCs) taking into consideration of some personalized best practices in effort to avoid or reduce the chances of international assignment failures in future. 


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