Focusing on HRM developments in thirteen developing countries across Asia‎,‎ Africa and the Middle East‎,‎ this book explores the contextual functions of HR in these countries‎.‎ In addition‎,‎ it analyzes the more general issues of HRM in cross‎-national settings to give readers an understanding of HR that is both comparative and contextual‎.‎ Covering the policies and practices of China‎,‎ South Korea‎,‎ Taiwan‎,‎ India‎,‎ Nepal‎,‎ Pakistan‎,‎ Iran‎,‎ Saudi Arabia‎,‎ Algeria‎,‎ Nigeria‎,‎ Ghana‎,‎ Kenya and South Africa‎,‎ each chapter follows a framework that draws out all of the unique and diverse configurations of HRM‎.‎ This important text is an invaluable resource for all HRM practitioners‎,‎ students and scholars of HRM‎,‎ international HRM and international business‎.‎