The article is structured as follows. We begin by examining the
IHRM/TM content of the Journal of World Business from its
inception in 1965–2014. We will describe the relative emphasis
on IHRM/TM topical areas, as well as changes in them, as reflected
in ten 5-year blocks from 1965 to 2014. To put the findings of that
review into perspective, we then identify key themes in published
work on global business, strategy, and society from 1965 to the
present, and show how the results of our 50-year review
correspond or do not correspond to those global trends. We then
present a brief history of IHRM and the recent emergence of TM,
and note the challenges and opportunities of this evolution for
enhancing IHRM/TM research, and its relevance to broader trends.
We conclude with a discussion of the research implications of our
findings with respect to current and emerging trends in business as
well as in IHRM/TM. Let us now turn to our central empirical
question, the trends and evolution of research as embodied in the
50-year history of the Journal of World Business.