Advances in Human Resource Management in Asia

Affirmation of the Central Role of Human Resource Management in Asia PART I: Human Resource Management of Asian Firms The Rise of a Venture Business Culture and the Changes in Human Resource Management in Japan Deployment of Knowledge Workers in Japanese Corporate R&D at the Turning Point Towards the Knowledge-Based Economy On Human Resource Development and Human Resource Management in the Chaebols of South Korea in Response to a National Economic Crisis Transitions and Tradition in Chinese Family Business: Evidence from Hong Kong and Thailand Thai Business Culture: Hierarchy and Groups, Initiative and Motivation Career Planning and Development of Managers in Thailand Training in Thailand: Trends and Cases from the Service Industries The Future of China's Human Resource Management in its Asia Pacific Regional Context: A Critical Perspective PART II: Human Resource Management of Western Firms in China Cross-cultural Human Resource Strategies in China and India Human Resource Development for Localization: European Multinational Corporations in China Management of Human Resources in Joint Ventures in China Culture and BrainStyles©TM: New Alternatives for Human Resource Strategies to Develop Chinese-Western Cooperation

DIETER ALBRECHT Project Management Consultant, West-East Dragons, ChinaNEAL M. ASHKANASY Professor of Management, Graduate School of Management, University of QueenslandVINDA CHAINUVATI Department of Organizational Behaviour, Claremont Graduate SchoolBRIGITTE CHARLES-PAUVERS Director, French Chinese International Management CenterPHILIPPE DEBROUX Professor of International Management, SOKA University, TokyoNITI DUBEY-VILLINGER Lecturer, Wolfson College, CambridgeBIRGIT ENSSLINGER Research Assistant, Department of Business Administration, University of Erlangen-NurembergSUSANNE ESSLINGER Research Assistant, Department of Business Administration, University of Erlangen-NurembergALEXANDER FLIASTER Assistant Professor, Institute for Human Resource Management and Organization Studies, German Armed Forces UniversityCHERLYN S. GRANROSE Professor of Organizational Behaviour, Claremont Graduate SchoolTREVOR GRIGG Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Technology Management Centre, The University of QueenslandBRIJ N. KUMAR Formerly Professor and Chair of Business Economics and International Management, University of Erlangen-NurembergCORINNA T. DE LEON Psychologist and Consultant, Hong Kong GARY MCLEAN Professor in Business and Industry Education, College of Education and Human Development, University of MinnesotaROGER PYATT Marketing Consultant, Hong KongJAN SELMER Professor of Management, Hong Kong Baptist UniversityRICK TAMASCHKE Reader, Graduate School of Management. The University of QueenslandMALCOLM WARNER Professor and Fellow, Wolfson College, University of CambridgeVERNER WORM Assistant Professor, Asia Research Center, Copenhagen Business School