Dear Colleagues, Greetings! We hope you have a great start to the new year. We are very pleased to announce the publication of our new book entitled “Handbook of Human Resource Management in the Middle East” . Its reference details are: Budhwar, P. and Mellahi, K. (2016) (Eds) Handbook of Human Resource Management in the Middle East. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. The book is organised into three parts: contextual and functional issues such as societal and cultural perspectives, performance management and talent management; country specific HRM covering the Gulf Cooperation Council, Levant and North African nations; and emerging themes such as HR issues related to domestic workers, labour localisation, expatriate management, corporate social responsibility, wasta, and foreign and public sector firms. You can access the book via the below weblinks: http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/handbook-of-human-resource-management-in-the-middle-east http://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781784719517.xml Thank you. Kind regards. Pawan and Kamel Pawan Budhwar, PhD, MCIPD, FBAM, FAcSS, FHEA, FINDAM Professor of International HRM Co-Editor-in-Chief, British Journal of Management Associate Editor, Human Resource Management Aston Business School Aston University Birmingham B4 7ET UK Tel: +44-121-2043049 Fax: +44-121-2043327