This volume comprises 24 contributions from an international cast of academics and business people with expertise in various aspects of management (human resources in particular), international business, economics, and Asian culture. The research addresses such topics as social face and open-mindedness, the cultural relativity of employee motivation (when West meets East), multinationality and performance in Japanese firms, governance structures of international joint ventures, the strategic role of party secretaries in Chinese state-owned enterprises, and transference of Japanese management practices to other countries. The volume is not indexed. Distributed by World Scientific. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)