Professor Chris Brewster
International Business and Strategy
Professor of Human Resources Management
Email: c.j.brewster@henley.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 118 378 5249
Location: HBS 137, Whiteknights campus
Chris Brewster is Professor of International Human Resource Management at Henley Business School, University of Reading, in the UK; and at Nijmegen University in the Netherlands. He had substantial experience as a practitioner and gained his doctorate from the LSE before becoming an academic. He researches in the field of international and comparative HRM; and has published some twenty five books and more than one hundred and fifty articles. He has taught in many countries around the world. In 2006 Chris was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Vaasa, Finland.
By area: International and Comparative Human Resource Management
By industry: International Organisations, MNCs
Teaches in MSc International Business; IHRM module; MBA; MSc in International Human Resource Management.
Mayrhofer, W., Brewster, C., Morley, M.J. and Ledolter, J. (2011) Hearing a different drummer? Convergence of human resource management in Europe - a longitudinal analysis. Human Resource Management Review, 21 (1). pp. 50-67. ISSN 1053-4822
Makela, K. and Brewster, C. (2009) Interunit interaction contexts, interpersonal social capital and the differing levels of knowledge sharing. Human Resource Management, 48 (4). pp. 591-613. ISSN 1099-050X
Haslberger, A. and Brewster, C. (2009) Capital gains: expatriate adjustment and the psychological contract in international careers. Human Resource Management, 48 (3). pp. 379-397. ISSN 1099-050X
Brewster, C., Wood, G. and Brookes, M. (2008) Similarity, isomorphism or duality? Recent survey evidence on the Human Resource Management policies of multinational corporations. British Journal of Management, 19 (4). pp. 320-342. ISSN 1467-8551
Brewster, C. and Mayrhofer, W., (eds) (2012) A Handbook of Research into Comparative Human Resource Management Practice. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. ISBN 978 1 84720 726 5
Brewster, C., Carey, L., Dowling, P., Grobler, P., Holland, P. and Warnich, S. (2012) Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage, (4th edition) Oxford University Press, South Africa, Cape Town. ISBN 0 19 578201 1
Brewster, C., Sparrow, P., Vernon, G. and Houldsworth, L. (2011) International human resource management. 3rd edition. CIPD, London, pp480. ISBN 9781843982661
Dickmann, M., Sparrow, P. and Brewster, C. (2008) International human resource management: a European perspective. 2nd edition. Routledge, London, pp344. ISBN 9780415423939