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SUMMARY:IHRM Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:\nAbstract: Technology has removed many of the physical barr
	iers to working together\, yet many people feel more disconnected than e
	ver. For international HRM\, this is puzzling because our field has long
	 treated distance – whether cultural\, geographic\, linguistic\, or inst
	itutional in nature – as a structural feature of global work to be bridg
	ed. For example\, the literatures on adjustment\, boundary spanning\, gl
	obal leadership\, virtual work\, and inclusion have all mapped the behav
	ioral\, relational and technological mechanisms that help people connect
	 across it. But distance in and of itself is not always detrimental and 
	research has highlighted several upsides that distance can offer.\n\nIn 
	this webinar\, Reiche will argue that IHRM needs to move from a distance
	 lens to a proximity lens. Drawing on two decades of research on global 
	work and on his new book\, Proximity (Bloomsbury\, 2026)\, I define prox
	imity not as maximal closeness but as a balance between people’s needs f
	or belonging and for difference. Too little leaves people isolated and d
	isconnected\; too much erases the very differences global work depends o
	n. Reiche will outline examples from research and practice for building 
	proximity in the global work domain and close with open questions for a 
	research agenda on proximity in IHRM.\n\nAbout the speaker: B. Sebastian
	 Reiche is professor of people management and faculty dean at IESE Busin
	ess School in Barcelona\, Spain. His research focuses on how to navigate
	 global and distributed forms of work\, and has appeared in outlets such
	 as Academy of Management Discoveries\, Academy of Management Journal\, 
	Journal of International Business Studies\, Organization Science\, and O
	rganizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. Sebastian’s contrib
	utions have also featured in the international press\, including The Fin
	ancial Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, Forbes and World Economic Forum
	. He is author of Proximity: How to Balance Belonging and Difference in 
	Today’s Workplace (Bloomsbury\, 2026) and serves as associate editor for
	 Human Resource Management. At IESE\, he has designed\, directed and del
	ivered executive education programs for global companies such as ACS Gro
	up\, Boehringer Ingelheim\, Deloitte\, SAP\, and Salesforce. He regularl
	y blogs on the topic of global work.\n\nFor more details: https://events
	.la.psu.edu/event/ihrm-webinar-series-5/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head></head><body><p><strong>Abstrac
	t:</strong> Technology has removed many of the physical barriers to work
	ing together, yet many people feel more disconnected than ever. For inte
	rnational HRM, this is puzzling because our field has long treated dista
	nce – whether cultural, geographic, linguistic, or institutional in natu
	re – as a structural feature of global work to be bridged. For example, 
	the literatures on adjustment, boundary spanning, global leadership, vir
	tual work, and inclusion have all mapped the behavioral, relational and 
	technological mechanisms that help people connect across it. But distanc
	e in and of itself is not always detrimental and research has highlighte
	d several upsides that distance can offer.</p><p>In this webinar, Reiche
	 will argue that IHRM needs to move from a distance lens to a proximity 
	lens. Drawing on two decades of research on global work and on his new b
	ook, <em>Proximity</em> (Bloomsbury, 2026), I define proximity not as ma
	ximal closeness but as a balance between people’s needs for belonging an
	d for difference. Too little leaves people isolated and disconnected; to
	o much erases the very differences global work depends on. Reiche will o
	utline examples from research and practice for building proximity in the
	 global work domain and close with open questions for a research agenda 
	on proximity in IHRM.</p><p><strong>About the speaker:</strong> B. Sebas
	tian Reiche is professor of people management and faculty dean at IESE B
	usiness School in Barcelona, Spain. His research focuses on how to navig
	ate global and distributed forms of work, and has appeared in outlets su
	ch as <em>Academy of Management Discoveries</em>, <em>Academy of Managem
	ent Journal</em>, <em>Journal of International Business Studies</em>, <e
	m>Organization Science</em>, and <em>Organizational Behavior and Human D
	ecision Processes</em>. Sebastian’s contributions have also featured in 
	the international press, including <em>The Financial Times</em>, <em>The
	 Wall Street Journal</em>, <em>Forbes</em> and World Economic Forum. He 
	is author of <em>Proximity: How to Balance Belonging and Difference in T
	oday’s Workplace</em> (Bloomsbury, 2026) and serves as associate editor 
	for <em>Human Resource Management</em>. At IESE, he has designed, direct
	ed and delivered executive education programs for global companies such 
	as ACS Group, Boehringer Ingelheim, Deloitte, SAP, and Salesforce. He re
	gularly blogs on the topic of global work.</p><p>For more details: <a hr
	ef='https://events.la.psu.edu/event/ihrm-webinar-series-5/'>https://even
	ts.la.psu.edu/event/ihrm-webinar-series-5/</a></p></body></html>
URL:https://www.youtube.com/IHRMWebinarSeries
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