Michael Morley is Professor of Management at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, where he teaches international management. He has co-authored/edited some fifteen books and over 100 journal articles and book chapters in sources such as Advances in International Management, The Journal of World Business, Human Resource Management Review and The International Journal of Human Resource Management. Among his recent books are International Human Resource Management and International Assignments, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006), New Directions in Expatriate Research (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006), Global Industrial Relations (Routledge, 2006), Human Resource Management in Europe: Evidence of Convergence (Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004) and New Challenges for European Human Resource Management (Palgrave Macmillan, 2000). His current research interests include Traditions and Transitions in HRM in Central and Eastern Europe (the subject of a forthcoming book to be published by Routledge), Human Resource Management in MNCs in Europe, International Assignments and Intercultural Transitional Adjustment and he works collaboratively with a network of international scholars investigating these issues. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Managerial Psychology, Regional Editor of the European Journal of International Management and is a member of the Editorial Board of 9 other international journals including the International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, Management Revue and Leadership and Organization Development Journal. He is the current Chair of the Irish Academy of Management.