... stud-ies (Arthur, 199 4; Delancy & Huselid, 199 6; Delery & Doty, 199 6; Huselid, 199 5; Huselid & Bechker, 199 6; Ichniowski et al., 199 6; MacDuffie, 199 5; Youndt et al., 199 6), by some in ... (Guest & Conway, 199 8; Guest et al., 2000a; Guest et al., 2000b; Patter-son et al., 199 7; Wood, 199 5, 199 9a; Wood & Albanses, 199 5; Wood & de Menezes, 199 8) and by some in Asia ... Lane, 199 5; Whitley, 199 2, 199 9).QW & CRSee also: assessment; development; diversity management; employ-ment relations; frames of reference; international HRM; legal aspects; management...