Career History
Adviser to the government ministries, Armed Forces and Sovereign Wealth Funds of an East Asian country 2005+.
Adviser on Human Resource Management to the oil sector of a Gulf state 2002-2005.
Head of HRM of a major Islamic bank in Saudi Arabia 2000-2002.
Management consultant primarily involved in the HRM aspects of privatising a national telecoms company 1998-2000.
General Manager Personnel of a rapidly expanding Middle Eastern airline 1992-94.
Chief Manager Personnel and Support Services of a group of Middle Eastern banks 1986-92.
Personnel Manager of the national airline of a wealthy South East Asian state 1981-85.
Academic activities.
Honorary Fellow Cass Business School City University London. Member of the adjunct staff of the University of Bradford School of Management, supervising at doctoral and MBA levels. Previously supervised at MBA and Masters levels, in Business and IT, for the Graduate School of Business at the University of Strathclyde.
Research interests and publications
Active research interests
Managing sustainably
Managing and performing in organisations and societies for the long term
Global staffing
Research and writing on the ‘big picture’ of international HRM
Research and writing on the replacement of expatriates by host country nationals
Research and writing with Prof Banai on International Itinerants
Research and writing on working with Arabs
Publications and conference papers
Refereed journals
Harry W E & Ehnert I (2012) Managing Sustainably the HRM contribution. Special Edition of Management Revue
Harry W E & Nakajima C eds (2012) Special edition of International Studies of Management and Organization on CSR and Business Ethics
Harry W E (2010) ‘The dark side of Managing People in Developing Asia’ Asia Pacific Business Review Special Edition on China
Harry W E, Zhang J, Poon I and Banai M (2009) ‘How China is meeting the challenge of global financial turmoil’ Effective Executive Vol XII No 12 72-84 December
Harry W E & Rowley C (2009) ‘Managing Different Cultures: Varied Expectations and Implications for Management’ Cámara de Comercio Argentino-Británica March
Harry W E (2009) a number of entries in HRM chapter within the Wiki publication ‘Management through Cooperation’ edited by Wankel C and Hayton J
Harry W E & Rowley C (2008) ‘Different Cultures, Different Expectations’ Effective Executive Vol XI 8 50-55 August
Harry W E & Jackson K (2007) ‘The Globalisation Wave and the Undertow’ Management Revue special edition on Asia Pacific Management Review Vol 18, 4
Harry W E & Nakajima C (2007) ‘Foreigners’ ethnocentric policies in the Asia Pacific region’ Management Revue special edition on Asia Pacific Management Review 18, 4
Harry W E (2007) ‘Employment Creation and Localisation- the Crucial Human Resources Issues for the GCC’ International Journal of Human Resource Management Vol 18 4 132-146
Harry W E (2006) ‘History and HRM in Central Asia’ Thunderbird International Business Review Vol 48 (1) 39-53 January- February
Banai M & Harry W E (2005) ‘Transnationals Managers a different expatriate experience’ International Studies of Management and Organization Vol 34 (3) 96-120
Practitioner journals
Harry W E (2008) ‘Human Rights and Human Resource Management World Link October
Harry W E (2007) ‘Human Resource Management in Asia: East is East’ People Management 29 November
Harry W E (2003) ‘Localisation’ Human Assets April
Harry W E (2001) ‘Money and Motivation in GCC’ CIPD Compensation Forum Journal August
Harry W E (2001) ‘Trends and tensions in Middle East Employment’ World Link April
Academic Books
Harry W E et al (2011) Japan, Korea and Taiwan in International HRM overall editors by Brewster and Mayrhofen
Rowley C & Harry W E (2009) ‘Managing People Globally: An Asian Perspective
’ Oxford: Chandos Publishing
Wankel C & Hayton J editors (2009) ‘Management through Collaboration’ contributed to the HRM chapter Wikipublications
Rowley C & Jackson K editors (2009) ‘Key Concepts in HRM’ contributed chapter on Employee Resourcing London: Routledge
Brewster C & Sparrow P editors (2008) ‘International HRM: contemporary issues in Europe’ with John Hailey contributed chapter on ‘Localisation’ London: Routledge
Harry W E (2008) ‘Migrant Workers in the GCC’ chapter in Human Rights in the 21st Century New York: Nova
Harry W E & Nakajima C (2008) ‘Human Rights in Asia’ chapter in Human Rights in the 21st Century New York: Nova
Morley M editor (2006) With Moshe Banai contributed chapter on ‘International Itinerants’ in ‘International Management’ pages 153-180 Basingstoke: Palgrave
Scullion H and Collings D (2006) with David Collings contributed chapter on ‘Localisation’ in ‘Global Staffing’ part of a series of books with Randall Schuler and Paul Sparrow as editors in chief 139-156 London: Routledge
Tayeb Monir (2003) ‘International Management’ edited by Monir Tayeb contributed two chapters pages 282-306 and pages 307- 316. London: Pearson
Academic conferences
Harry W E (2009) ‘Managing ethically’ chair of caucus Academy of Management Chicago August
Harry W E (2008) ‘Human Resource Management and Human Rights’ International Society for Studies in Work and Organizational Values Singapore June
Harry W E (2008) ‘Independent Research in Asia’ British Academy of Management HRM special interest group April
Harry W E (2007) ‘Varieties of Capitalism: HRM in Asia’ Employment Research Unit Cardiff Business School 17 September
Harry W E & Nakajima C (2007) ‘Ethnocentric HRM policies in Asia’ Employment Research Unit Cardiff Business School 18 September
Shaydulova A, Banai M and Harry W E (2007) ‘International Itinerants and Traditional Expatriates’ Academy of International Business Northeast Chapter Conference Southern New Hampshire University’s School of Business October 18-20
Nakajima C and Harry W (2006) ‘Ethnocentric organizations: using HR policies as a means of social domination.’ Fourth workshop on International Strategy and Cross Cultural Management EIASM September Toulouse France
Harry W E & Banai M (2004) ‘Transnational Managers- Developments in Research’ Irish Academy of Management Conference September Dublin Ireland
Alsoufi A, Andersen T and Harry W E (2004) ‘Culture differences in the Middle East and implications for IHRD’ International Human Resource Development conference May Limerick Ireland
Harry W E (2004) ‘Global Staffing’ EIASM Strategic HRM Workshop April Paris France
Alsoufi A, Harry W E and Andersen T (2004) ‘Arab culture?’ European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) Strategic HRM Workshop April Paris
Harry W E and Banai M (2003) ‘Transnationals’ IHRM conference April Limerick Ireland
W E Harry & Banai M (2002) ‘From Expatriate to the Transnational: new trends in the assignments of international managers’ a working paper of research undertaken presented to EIASM conference April Linz Austria
Harry W E (2002) ‘Working with Arabs: a foreigner’s view’ presented to EIASM conference April Linz
Practitioner conferences
Harry W E (2008) ‘Different cultures- different expectations’ CIPD Midland Conference June Birmingham
Harry W E (2006) ‘Leadership in Asia: changing to make best use of human resources’ Asian Regional Training and Development Organisation annual conference April Bahrain
Harry W E (2005) ‘Global Staffing’ Middle East Human Resources Conference September Dubai UAE
Harry W E (2004) ‘Trends in HRM in GCC’ Middle East Human Resources Conference September Dubai UAE
Harry W E (2002) ‘Localisation the challenges of developing Host Country Nationals to replace expatriates’ presented to International Federation of Training and Development Organisations (IFTDO) conference April Bahrain
