As the pressures of globalization continue to increase, so will the need for capable leaders who can deploy across borders to implement IHRM practices that are flexible toward local host country practices, laws, customs, and values (Friedman, 2007). Second, the researcher also recommends further empirical research into actual situations at locations within local host countries to build upon past research and create new information to assist in bridging theory and practice. Third, the researcher also recommends a more robust and integrated approach to the practice
of IHRM to properly address the global implications that are attached to each global business partner role that HR must play to achieve its organizational goals.