Contributor Biographies
Chris Brewster
Professor of International Human Resource Management at Henley
Management College, UK. He had substantial experience in trade unions,
Government, specialist journals, personnel management in construction and
air transport, and consultancy, before becoming an academic. Chris has con-
sulted and taught on management programmes throughout the world and is a
frequent international conference speaker. He has conducted extensive
research in the field of international and comparative HRM; written some
dozen books and over a hundred articles. In 2002 Chris Brewster was awarded
the Georges Petitpas Memorial Award by the practitioner body, the World
Federation of Personnel Management Associations, in recognition of his out-
standing contribution to international human resource management.Paula Caligiuri
Director of the Center for Human Resource Strategy and an Associate Professor
of Human Resource Management at Rutgers University in the United States.
She researches, publishes, and consults in the area of international human
resource management – specifically on the topics of expatriate management,
women on global assignments, and global leadership. Her research on these top-
ics has appeared in numerous journals and edited books. Dr Caligiuri is on the
editorial boards of Career Development International, Journal of Organizational
Behavior, Human Resources Planning Journal, and International Journal of Human
Resource Managementand is an Associate Editor for Human Resource Management
Journal.Christine Communal
Lecturer in International Management, Cranfield University, School of
Management, UK. Christine has the ability to enthuse people with her passion
for supporting individuals and organizations in the process of international-
ization. She has developed a unique approach to personal, managerial and
organizational development, with a strong focus on intercultural awareness.
Her early work experience was in France and Germany and encompassed vari-
ous industry sectors (petro-chemicals, mobile telephony and electricity distrib-
ution). She then moved to the UK to complete a Doctorate examining the
impact of national culture on managerial behaviour. Christine built on her
doctoral specialization to become the youngest Faculty member at Cranfield
School of Management, teaching on the MBA, Doctorate and Executive
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