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Peter J. Dowling, Marion Festing and Allen D. Engle, Sr.’s International Human Resource Management, published by South Western publications, is a comprehensive book for management students. It comprises of topics that cover small and medium enterprises, new material on off-shoring, new material on managing cross-cultural employees and diversity, especially in countries like India and China, are discussed in detail. An exclusive chapter is dedicated to sustaining global growth and connecting the international human resource function more rigidly to the strategic growth plans of the company. This fifth edition has a large number of case studies and extensive class discussion material. A complete instructor’s website is also available to the adopters. The major topics covered in the book are Introduction: the enduring context of IHRM, The Organizational Context, The Context of Cross-border Alliances and SMEs, Staffing International Operations for Sustained Global Growth, Recruiting and Selecting Staff for International Assignments, International Training and Development, International Compensation, Re-entry and Career Issues, IHRM in the Host Country Context, International Industrial Relations, Performance Management, and IHRM Trends: Complexity, Challenges and Choices in the Future. About South Western South Western publications is one of the most renowned publishing houses that develop and publish quality academic and text books for various courses. It brings out book for undergraduate and graduate students, and professionals, compiled by experts in their respective fields. Some of the books published under their banner are Principles of Economics, Statistics for Business and Economics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Principles of Microeconomics, and Data Analysis, Optimization and Simulation Modeling.