Graham Hollinshead is Reader in International Human Resource Management, at the University of Hertfordshire Business School. He has significant experience teaching Human Resource Management and related subjects at a number of UK universities. He is also widely published, both as an author of textbooks and as a researcher, with articles appearing in leading management journals, including Journal of World Business, Human Relations, Human Resource Development International and Management Learning. His recent research and consultancy activities focus on employment and cross–cultural issues in Eastern Europe and Russia.