CIHRS was a proud sponsor of the Second HRIC, which was held from February 20–22, 2016 in Sydney, Australia, attracting scholars from diverse locations around the world to share ideas on all aspects of Human Resource Management. Building on the success of the First HRIC in Beijing, China (June 2014), this second HRIC focused on current directions in contexts and concepts in HRM, and featured three eminent keynote speakers: David Guest (Kings’ College, London, United Kingdom), Fang Lee Cooke (Monash University) and Cheri Ostroff (Centre for Human Resource Management, University of South Australia).