Textbooks

Integrating migration issues into business and management education, including executive MBAs, is among the core Migration, Business & Society objectives. See our call-for-action, “Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Global Migration and its Implications for Business School Teaching,” also available as a podcast interview on Cloudreachers.

Our selection below includes university-level textbooks that dedicate substantial sections or entire chapters to migration related topics. If you have additional recommendations, please contact us.

Reference List

    1. Angouri, J., Kerekes, J., & Suni, M. (Eds.). (2023). Language, Migration and In/exclusion in the Workplace (Vol. 10). Channel View Publications.

    2. Liu-Farrer, G., Yeoh, B. S., & Baas, M. (Eds.). (2023). The Question of Skill in Cross-border Labour Mobilities. Taylor & Francis.

    3. Grabowska, I., & Jastrzebowska, A. (2022). Migration and the transfer of informal human capital: Insights from central Europe and Mexico. Routledge.

    1. Gowan, M., & Lepak, D. (2020). Regulatory Issues. In M. Gowan, & D. Lepak, Human Resource Management: Managing Employees for Competitive Advantage 4th ed. (pp. 95-104). Chicago: Chicago Business Press.

    2. Lawrence, A. T., & Weber, J. (2020). Managing a Diverse Workforce. In A. T. Lawrence, & J. Weber, Business & Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy 16th ed. (pp. 347-370). McGrawHill.

    3. Capasso, S., & Ferragina, E. (Eds.). (2019). Mediterranean Migration and the Labour Markets: Policies for Growth and Social Development in the Mediterranean Area. Routledge.

    4. Crane, A., Matten, D., & Spence, L. (2019). The expendables: migrant labour in the global workforce. In Business Ethics. Managing Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability in the Age of Globalization 5th ed. (pp. 327-333). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

    5. McNulty, Y., & Brewster, C. (2019). Working internationally: Expatriation, migration and other global work. Edward Elgar Publishing.

    6. Van den Broek, D., & Groutsis, D. (2019). Women, work and migration: nursing in Australia. Routledge.

    7. Mor Barak, M. E. (2017). Socioeconomic Transitions: The New Realities of the Global Workforce. In M. E Mor Barak Managing Diversity: Toward a Globally Inclusive Workplace 4th ed. (pp.96-112), Thousand Oaks: SAGE.

    8. Crane, A., & Matten, D. (2016). Employing people worldwide: the ethical challenges. In A. Crane, & D. Matten, Business Ethics 5th ed. (pp. 327-333). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

    9. Edwards, T., & Rees, C. (2016). International Migration and HRM. In T. Edwards, & C. Rees, International Human Resource Management: Globalization, National Systems and Multinational Companies 3rd ed. (pp. 293-314). London: Pearson.

    10. Jandt, F. E. (2016). Immigration and Acculturation. In F. E. Jandt, Introduction to Intercultural Communication: Identities in a Global Community 9th ed. (pp. 290-325). Thousand Oaks: SAGE.

    1. Allard, M. J. (2015). Immigration Patterns: The Transition Process M. June Allard. In C.P. Harvey & M. J. Allard (Eds.)  Understanding Diversity: Readings, Cases and Exercises 6th ed. (p. 15). Upper Saddle River: Pearson.

    2. Cornelius, N. (2013). Diversity, Ethnicity, Migration and Work: International Perspectives–By Geraldine Healy and Franklin Oikelome.

    3. Lillie, N., Caro, E., Berntsen, L., & Wagner, I. (2014). Migration and Human Resource Management. In M. M. Lucio, International Human Resource Management: An Employment Relations Perspective. Manchester: SAGE.

    4. Elliott, J. A. (2013). Rural-Urban Migration in Lampung, Indonesia. In J. A. Elliot, An Introduction to Sustainable Development 4th ed. (pp. 197-200). London: Routledge

    5. Hofstede, G., Hofstede, G. J., & Minkov, M. (2010). Intercultural Encounters. In G. Hofstede, G. J. Hofstede, & M. Minkov, Cultures and Organizations: Intercultural Cooperation and Its Importance for Survival 3rd ed. (pp. 381-430). New York: McGraw-Hill..

    1. Ghemawat, P. (2009). Sustaining Superior Performance. In P. Ghemawat, Strategy and the Business Landscape 3rd ed. (pp. 95-122). Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall.