Contents: The changing nature of human resource management, Shaun Tyson; Politics of strategic human resource management: a ’choice’ model, Farhad Analoui; Corporate strategy in the ASEAN region: human resource management dimension, Mark Hiley; Corporate strategy: evidence from British Airways plc, Azhdar Karami; Techno-stress: the need for HRM reinvention for the digital age, Nada Korac-Kakabadse, Alexander Kouzmin and Andrew Korac-Kakabadse; Development partnership - Newcastle business school and Newcastle city council, Sharon Mavin; Looking for human capital: investment in developing countries, Farhad Noorbakhsh, Alberyto Paloni and Ali Youssef; The effectiveness of performance appraisal for Birzeit University faculty members, Grace Khoury; Appraisal for university administrative staff,? Pauline Fell; Training and management development in China: high expectations and conflicting priorities, Mohamed Branine; Training programs for the small and micro business in Gaza Strip (GS), Mohammed Al-Madhoun; Transferability of human resource management across borders, Barbara Myloni; Human resource management and development: a case study of management training in Malaysia, Rezali Hameed; Managerial effectiveness and women senior managers: evidence from Rumania, Farhad Analoui; The motivation for women choosing a career in policing in Pakistan, Pauline Amos-Wilson; When professionals make mistakes: gender implications and the management of learning, Patricia Bryans; Business management for managers in Iran, Mirza Hassan Hosseini; Organizational readiness for change: the role of human resource management, Maria Vakola and Nikolaou Ioannis; Index.