IHRM definitions are wide-ranging and for some, IHRM issues explore aspects of HRM in MNEs (Briscoe 1995) while for others ‘strategic international human resource management is no more than the application of SHRM to the international or global business context’(Nankervis, Compton & Baird 2002, p.617). Much IHRM work has focused on the areas of international staffing and management development, however IHRM should not neglect many related areas (Rowley & Benson 2002). Another approach focuses on comparative industrial relations (IR) and HRM, where attempts are made to describe, compare, and analyse HRM systems and practices across countries (Verma, Kochan & Lansbury 1995). In this study a standard definition of international human resource management is used