彼得·道林(Peter J. Dowling) 澳大利亚乐卓博大学人力资源管理教授,澳大利亚与新西兰国际商务学会主席,澳大利亚人力资源研究院终身会员,澳大利亚与新西兰管理学会终身会员。曾任国际管理学者协会联盟(IFSAM)主席,曾执教于澳大利亚的墨尔本大学、莫纳什大学、塔斯马尼亚大学和新西兰的惠灵顿维多利亚大学,并担任美国康奈尔大学、密歇根州立大学,德国帕德博恩大学、拜罗伊特大学客座教授。独立或与他人合作发表70余篇文章。担任Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources,International Journal of Human Resource Management,International Studies of Management & Organization, Management International Review等多家杂志编委。
玛丽昂·费斯廷(Marion Festing) 欧洲高等商学院人力资源管理教授、柏林校区校长,曾在法国、澳大利亚、突尼斯、美国等地求学、研究、工作,在Academy of Management Perspectives, Human Resource Management, Human Resource Management Review等杂志发表多篇文章,主要研究领域为国际人力资源管理战略、全球绩效管理、全球职业生涯、全球人才管理、全球奖励系统、多元化和包容性等。
艾伦·恩格尔(Allen D. Engle,Sr.) 东肯塔基大学管理学客座教授、国际商务Harold Glenn Campbell讲席教授,美国薪酬协会、人力资源管理协会、管理学会、国际商务协会会员,主要研究领域为薪酬理论和实践、全球绩效管理、领导力和组织变革、工作分析、管理能力和组织设计等。
PREFACE
In writing the Preface for the 7th Edition of International Human Resource Management two important published documents illustrate the context for HRM in International Business in the first quarter of the 21st Century. One is the Internet document Decent Work and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development published by the International Labour Organization (ILO) which states that “over 600 million new jobs need to be created by 2030, just to keep pace with the growth of the working-age population. That is around 40 million per year. We also need to improve conditions for the 780 million women and men who are working but not earning enough to lift themselves and their families out of US$2-a-day poverty”. In addition, we observe the demographic challenges of low birth rates in many industrialized countries and a lack of qualified talent.
A second document is the Special Report on Companies published by The Economist (17 Sept. 2016) titled The rise of the superstars. This report notes that “a small group of giant companies (some old, some new) are once again dominating the global economy” and asks the question “Is that a good or a bad thing?”. There is also a chart which lists the world’s ten largest listed companies by market capitalization in billions of US dollars in 2006 and 2016. The 2016 companies are Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Berkshire Hathaway, Exxon Mobil, Amazon, Facebook, Johnson & Johnson, General Electric and China Mobile. Of this list only Microsoft, Exxon Mobil and General Electric were on the 2006 list, indicating the extent of change in what The Economist describes as “a virtually new world”.
We also acknowledge the so-called megatrends highlighted by many authors, mainly from consulting firms. An important issue they address is the complex and ongoing effect of demographic shifts on global business practices. In part, many countries are characterized by higher life expectancies and lower birth rates. This is not only a challe