This series publishes monograph length conceptual papers designed to promote theory and research on important substantive and methodological topics in the field of human resources management. Volume 25 of "e;Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management"e; (RPHRM) contains eight papers on critical issues in the field of human resources management, thus continuing the tradition of the series to develop a more informed understanding of the field. This work offers an international representation and cutting edge papers that help to define the field of HRM.