In today’s complex and interconnected world, international HRM faces both opportunities and challenges that demand fresh thinking. Taking critical perspectives on IHRM means questioning long-held assumptions, re-examining whose voices are represented, and considering how research and practice can become more inclusive across diverse cultural, political, and organizational contexts. New research is emerging on topics ranging from global mobility and cross-cultural management to AI implementation and sustainability. Such developments invite us to reflect on the role of HRM in shaping inclusive and resilient workplaces in the face of crises and uncertainty.

Through presentations, discussions, and networking opportunities, the Global Conference on International Human Resource Management (GCIHRM) brings together scholars and practitioners from across the globe to exchange insights, foster dialogue, and forge collaborations that help chart the future of IHRM research and practice. To this end, we invite submissions that cover conceptual, theoretical, and empirical investigations that adopt a broad range of methodologies and highlight the context-specific nature of HRM systems. Papers that address, but are not necessarily restricted to, the following topics are especially invited:

• Critical perspectives on IHRM research and practice
• Inclusion and social justice in global workforces
• Rethinking the foundations of IHRM
• Employee voice and activism in global organizations
• HRM models from overlooked global contexts
• Well-being and mental health in global workforces
• Novel institutional and cultural perspectives on IHRM
• Global leadership
• The geopolitics of work and IHRM
• Ethics, voice, and representation in the globalization of work
• HRM in multinationals and global supply chains
• Corporate social responsibility and sustainable IHRM in fragile or conflict-affected settings
• Expatriate management, global careers, and alternative forms of mobility
• High-performance work systems in different national settings
• Informal networks, social ties, and their influence on global HRM practices
• The impacts of climate change on global workforce productivity and migration
• Global talent and knowledge management
• Virtual, remote, and hybrid workers in the global workplace and their impacts on IHRM

Keynote Speaker: Fang Lee Cooke, Ph.D.

Fang Lee Cooke is a professor at Monash Business School, Monash University, Australia. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. She was a panel member of the United Nations Environment Programme-International Sciences Council, Foresight Expert Panel (2023–2024), and is a member of the Research Review Group, International Labour Organization (2024–). Her research interests are in the areas of strategic HRM, international HRM, diversity, equity and inclusion, migrant studies, polycrisis and implications for HRM, Sustainable Development Goals and the role of multinational firms. Fang Lee Cooke’s recent research projects examine some of the tensions, challenges and implications associated with these topics for various key stakeholders such as the state, employers’ associations, trade unions, workers, and non-government organizations. Fang Lee Cooke is co-editor-in-chief of Human Resource Management and International Business Review. She is the author/co-author of more than 170 academic journal articles and over 70 book chapters, and is currently involved in the project: ‘Digital Futures at Work Research Centre’ funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, UK.