Title: Applying a strategic international human resource management framework to international non-governmental organisations

Authors: Elizabeth S. Merlot, Marilyn Fenwick, Helen De Cieri

Addresses: Department of Management, Monash University, P.O. Box 197, Caulfield East, Victoria, 3145 Australia. ' Global Mobility Management, 20 Millswyn Street, South Yarra, Victoria, 3141 Australia. ' Department of Management, Monash University, P.O. Box 197, Caulfield East, Victoria, 3145 Australia

Abstract: Our research explores the organisational context of International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs), an increasingly important sector that has been largely overlooked by management scholars. This sector is of increasing importance in Australia and throughout the world. We focus on Strategic International Human Resource Management (SIHRM), as a particularly important area of management for INGOs. The central purpose of this paper is to propose a framework of strategic international HRM for INGOs and offer a series of propositions specific to INGOs. By doing this, implications for future theoretical and empirical development emerge, with particular attention given to the Australian context.

Keywords: international non-governmental organisations; INGOs; relief; development; strategic international HRM; human resource management; SIHRM; HRM; Australia; NGOs.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHRDM.2006.010402

International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management, 2006 Vol.6 No.2/3/4, pp.313 - 327

Published online: 18 Jul 2006 *

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