different societal contexts, he has also edited standard Organization volumes
in the series of the International Encyclopedia of Management and Organization,
most recently Organization(London: Thomson Learning, 2002), and he was
formerly editor-in-chief of Organization Studies.Ibraiz Tarique
PhD Candidate at the School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers
University, New Jersey, USA. His research interests include human resource
management issues in cross-border alliances and training and development
issues in transnational enterprises. His teaching interests include strategic
human resource management, international human resource management,
and developing human capital. His research has been presented at the Annual
Academy of Management Meetings and at the Society of Industrial and
Organizational Psychologist Conferences and has been published in the
International Journal of Human Resource Management.Joris Van Ruysseveldt
Associate Professor at the Open University of The Netherlands. He studied
Sociology at The Catholic University of Leuven. His dissertation (2000) focused
on collective bargaining structures in Belgium and The Netherlands. As research
manager at the Higher Institute of Labour Studies (University of Leuven), he
conducted research on topics like quality of working life, European works
councils, organizational learning and teamwork. He presently develops courses
in the field of human resource management. He has published articles and
books on industrial relations in Europe, comparative employment relations,
quality of working life and sociology of work.Malcolm Warner
Professor and Fellow, Wolfson College and Judge Institute of Management,
University of Cambridge. He is the Editor of the International Encyclopedia of Business
and Management (London: Thomson, 6 volumes, 1996; second edition, 8 volumes,
2002) and Co-Editor of the Asia-Pacific Business Review. Professor Warner has written
and edited over 25 books and over 200 articles on management. His most recent
book, Culture and Management in Asia, is published by Routledge Curzon, 2003.Ying Zhu
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management, the University of
Melbourne. He graduated from International Economics Department at Peking
University and worked as an economist in the Shenzhen Special Economic
Zone in China. He completed his PhD at The University of Melbourne in 1992.
He was invited to be a visiting scholar at International Labour Organization in
Geneva in 1997. His research interests are international human resource man-
agement, industrial development and employment relations in East Asia,
including China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam. He has published a num-
ber of books and journal articles covering Asian economies, labour, industry
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