Michael Dickmann

Background

Michael has several years of work experience with major consultancies and companies. He has a first class honours degree in Economics from London University and an MSc in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management from LSE. Michael has conducted a variety of consulting and research assignments with cutting edge multinational organisations mostly from the financial, automotive, telecommunications, chemical, electrical engineering and electronics industries. He has also consulted humanitarian agencies, government and the United Nations. He has worked in his native Germany, Australia, the USA, Colombia, Spain and Britain and speaks English and Spanish fluently. 

Current activities

Michael lectures in the areas of international and strategic HRM. He is Editor of the International Journal of Human Resource Management.  His research focuses on human resource strategies, structures and processes of multinational organisations, international mobility and global careers. Michael has published in key academic and professional journals and he is the lead author of two recent books on International HRM and global careers.  

Clients

Professional Services - PricewaterhouseCoopers, T-Three Consultants, Gemini Consulting

Industry - Oracle, Siemens, Henkel, Hexagon Metrology, GKN, Philips, Skoda, Pepsi, Iberdrola, Tesa

Finance - HSBC, PBZ, Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank

Government & Not for Profit - United Nations (WFP), WorldVision, People in Aid, Government of Singapore (MoM)

Publications

• Articles in journals
• Conference papers
• Books

Articles In Journals

• Suutari V, Brewster C, Mäkelä L, Dickmann M & Tornikoski C (2017) The effect of international work experience on the career success of expatriates: a comparison of assigned and self-initiated expatriates, Human Resource Management, Early online.
• Dickmann M, Parry E & Keshavjee N (2017) Localization of Staff in a Hostile Context: An Exploratory Investigation in Afghanistan, International Journal of Human Resource Management, In Press.
• Dickmann M & Piacentini A (2017) How does age affect global mobility?, People management (2 August 2017).
• Dickmann M & Piacentini A. (2017) Britannia Waves the Rules: The Impact of Brexit on Global Mobility, Re:locate.
• Dickmann M & Marsh V (2017) Data mastery: A key global mobility challenge, HRZone (27 June 2017).
• Dickmann M & Piacentini A (2017) The new normal of global mobility - flexibility, diversity & data mastery, HR Review (15 May 2017).
• Dickmann M & Hughes H (2017) The Ingredients for Corporate Success?, International HR Advisor, 70 (Summer 2017) 33-36.
• Dickmann M & Piacentini A (2017) Opinion: Rewarding mobility, Reward: The Definitive Guide to Workplace Benefits (2 August 2017).
• Dickmann M & Piacentini A (2017) Programme management and compliance: the backbone of a successful Global Mobility Function?, Re:locate Magazine (Autumn 2017) 30-31.
• Renshaw PStJ, Parry E & Dickmann M (2017) Seconded national experts and global mobility - extending the paradigm, Thunderbird International Business Review, Early online.
• Mayrhofer W, Briscoe J, Hall DT, Dickmann M, Dries N, Dysvik A, Kaše R, Parry E & Unite J (2016) Career Success across the Globe: Insights from the 5C Project, Organizational Dynamics, 45 (3) 197-205.
• Mäkelä L, Suutari V, Brewster C, Dickmann M & Tornikoski C (2016) The Impact of Career Capital on Expatriates'' Perceived Marketability, Thunderbird International Business Review, 58 (1) 29-40.
• Dickmann M, Suutari V, Brewster C, Mäkelä L, Tanskanen J & Tornikoski C (2016) The career competencies of self-initiated and assigned expatriates: assessing the development of career capital over time, International Journal of Human Resource Management 1-25.
• Halsberger A & Dickmann M (2016) The correspondence model of cross-cultural adjustment: exploring exchange relationships, Journal of Global Mobility, 4 (3) 276-299.
• Dickmann M & Cerdin JL (2016) Exploring the development and transfer of career capital in an international governmental organization, International Journal of Human Resource Management, early online version.
• Dickmann M & Hughes H (2016) Reward Package Design: How are multinational corporations weathering the storm?, International HR Advisor, 68 (Winter 2016 / 2017) 4-7.
• Dickmann M & Cerdin J-L (2014) Boundaryless career drivers - exploring macro-contextual factors in location decisions, Journal of Global Mobility, 2 (1) 26-52.
• Andresen M, Bergdolt F, Margenfeld J & Dickmann M (2014) Addressing international mobility confusion - developing definitions and differentiations for self-initiated and assigned expatriates as well as migrants, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 25 (16) 2295-2318.
• Baruch Y, Dickmann M, Altman Y & Bournois F (2013) Exploring international work: types and dimensions of global careers, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 24 (12) 2369-2393.
• Dickmann M & Point S (2012) Branding international careers: an analysis of multinational corporations'' official wording, European Management Journal, 30 (1) 18-31.
• Point S, Dickmann M & Audouard J (2012) Explorer la mobilite internationale a travers le discours des grandes entreprises, Management International, 16 (4) 11-21.
• Dickmann M (2012) Why do they come to London? Exploring the motivations of expatriates to work in the British capital, Journal of Management Development, 31 (8) 783-800.
• Doherty N & Dickmann M (2012) Measuring the return on investment in international assignments: an action research approach, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 23 (16) 3434-3454.
• Doherty N, Dickmann M & Mills T (2011) Exploring the motives of company-backed and self-initiated expatriates, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 22 (3) 595-611.
• Dickmann M & Doherty N (2010) Exploring organizational and individual career goals, interactions, and outcomes of developmental international assignments, Thunderbird International Business Review, 52 (4) 313-324.
• Dickmann M & Mills T (2010) The importance of intelligent career and location considerations: exploring the decision to go to London, Personnel Review, 39 (1) 116-134.
• Doherty N, Dickmann M & Mills T (2010) Mobility attitudes and behaviours among young Europeans, Career Development International, 15 (4) 378-400.
• Doherty N & Dickmann M (2009) Exposing the Symbolic Capital of International Assignments, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 20 (2) 301-320.
• Dickmann M, Muller-Camen M & Kelliher C (2009) Exploring standardisation and knowledge networking processes in transnational human resource management, Personnel Review, 38 (1) 5-25.
• Richter A, Dickmann M & Graubner M (2008) Patterns of human resource management in consulting firms, Personnel Review, 37 (2) 184-202.
• Dickmann M (2008) Pedalling the expatriate cycle, Consulting Review (Capgemini) (Spring).
• Dickmann MF & Doherty N (2008) Exploring the career capital impact of international assignments within district organizational contexts, British Journal of Management, 19 (2) 145-161.
• Parry E, Dickmann M & Morley M (2008) North American MNCs and their HR policies in liberal and co-ordinated market economies, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 19 (11) 2024-2040.
• Dickmann M, Doherty N, Mills T & Brewster C (2008) Why do they go? Individual and corporate perspectives on the factors influencing the decision to accept an international assignment, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 19 (4) 731-751.
• Doherty N & Dickmann M (2007) Managing the career wobble of repatriates, Developing HR Strategy (13 July).
• Dickmann MF & Muller-Camen M (2006) A typology of international human resource management strategies and processes, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 17 (4) 580-601.
• Dickmann M & Tyson S (2005) Outsourcing payroll: beyond transaction cost economics, Personnel Review, 34 (4) 451-467.
• Dickmann M (2005) Developing global talents - and keeping them, Management focus (23) 19-20.
• Dickmann M (2005) Beyond international assignments - towards global leaders, Global Life 97-99.
• Dickmann M (2005) The effects of national contexts on personnel and payroll administration - a comparative study of France, Germany and the UK, Automated Data Processing 1-23.
• Dickmann Michael & Harris Hilary (2005) Developing Career Capital for Global Careers: The Role of International Assignments, Journal of World Business, 40 (4) 399-408.
• Dickmann M (2005) European mobility: On the move, HR Hourglass, 1 (1) 16-18.
• Dickmann M (2004) Shining a light into the ''Black Box'' of payroll - determining the economics of outsourcing 1-16.
• Dickmann M (2004) Trapped in administration - exploring options to free human resources, Automated Data Processing 1-16.
• Dickmann MF (2003) Implementing German HRM abroad: desired, feasible, successful?, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 14 (2) 265-284.
• Dickmann M (2002) 4 Thesen zur Zukunft der Personalarbeit, Personalarbeit (1) 50-51.
• Dickmann M (2002) Aufgaben des HR-Managements bei Mergers & Acquisitionen, Personalführung (5) 60-69.
• Dickmann M (2002) Mergers & Acquisitions: Wogen der Emotionen gltten - eine HR-Aufgabe, Personalführung (6) 124-130.
• Dickmann M (2001) Der psychologische Vertag: Fhrung als Management von Tauschbeziehungen, Personalführung (5) 84-87.
• Dickmann MF (2001) Proaktiver Change Manager, Personalwirtschaft (2).
• Dickmann MF (2001) Staff Efficiency Management, Computerwoche (22).
• Dickmann M & Mller M (1996) Aus- und Weiterbildung in britischen Banken, Die Bank (February) 121-125.
• Dickmann M & Piacentini A. Global mobility programmes and compliance: latest trends, Re:locate Magazine.

Conference Papers

• Suutari V, Dickmann M & Brewster C (2017) The management of short term assignments within MNCs. In: European Academy of Management 2017 - Making Knowledge Work, Glasgow, 21 June 2017.
• Renshaw PStJ, Dickmann M & Parry E (2017) The organizational value of international assignments: A systematic literature review. In: EURAM 2017: 17th European Academy of Management Annual Conference - Making Knowledge Work, Glasgow, Scotland, 21-24 June 2017.
• Apospori E, Cotton R, Dickmann M, Dries N, Ferencikova S, Gubler M, Kase R, Khapova S & Mayrhofer W (2017) Material non-sustainability and career success across the globe. A 25-country study on the role of national income equality. In: 33rd EGOS Colloquium 2017, Copenhagen, 6 July 2017.
• Suutari V, Brewster C, Makela L, Dickmann M & Tornikoski C (2017) International work experience and the career success: A comparison of assigned and self-initiated expatriates. In: Academy of International Business 2017 Annual Meeting, Dubai, 2 July 2017.
• Mayrhofer W, Apospori E, Dickmann M, Dries N, Gubler M, Kaše R, Khapova S, Bosak J, Casado T, Cerdin J-L, Fei Z, Madero S, Mandel D, Mishra SK & Saxena R (2016) Views on career success across the globe: first steps towards a world map of career success. In: 2016 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, 5 August 2016.
• Smale A, Bagdadli S, Cotton RD, Dickmann M, Dysvik A, Gianecchini M, Kaše R, Lazarova M, Dello Russo S & Rozo P (2016) Organizational and individual investments in career development: a cross-country examination. In: 2016 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, 5 August 2016.
• Dickmann M (2016) The RES Forum Annual Report 2016. In: The RES Forum Annual Report 2016 Launch, Citidines Hotel, Holborn, London, 7 June 2016.
• Cerdin JL, Dickmann M & Lazarova M (2016) Expatriation success in an inter-governmental organization. In: European Academy of Management 2016, Universite Paris-Est Creteil, 1 June 2016.
• Suutari V, Dickmann M, Brewster C & Makela L. (2016) Expatriation and the Boundaryless Career - Empirical Evidence. In: European Academy of Management 2016, Universite Paris-Est Creteil, 1 June 2016.
• Mäkelä L, Suutari V, Brewster C, Dickmann M & Tornikoski C (2015) Will you still love me tomorrow? The impact of career capital development of expatriates'' perceived marketability. In: Academy of Management Annual Conference, 2015**, Vancouver, British Columbia (75th), 7-11 August 2015.
• Point S, Andresen M & Dickmann M (2015) We will always have Paris-Perceived capital developments from gaining a Management PhD in France. In: 1st International Conference on Self-Initiated Expatriation, Toulouse Business School, 28 May 2015.
• Andresen M, Bozionelos N, Dickmann M, Haslberger A, Suutari V & Vance C (2015) Completing the puzzle about self-initiated expatriation: Collecting, linking and adding research puzzle pieces. In: EURAM 2015, Warsaw, 17 June 2015.
• Dickmann M & Cerdin J-L (2011) Bounded and unbounded careers: Assessing attraction factors of locals and foreigners to live in an Asian capital. In: 27th EGOS Colloquium, Gothenburg, 7 July 2011.
• Doherty N & Dickmann M (2009) Factors driving expatriation: Comparing self-initiated and company-backed expatriates. In: 2009 Academy of Management annual meeting: green management matters, Chicago, IL, 7 August 2009.
• Dickmann M, Doherty N & Mills T (2008) Exploring differences in drivers of self-initiated and company-sent expatriates. In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2008, Anaheim, 8 August 2008.
• Dickmann M & Doherty N (2008) Organisational and individual perspectives on success in developmental international assignments. In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2008, Anaheim, 8 August 2008.
• Parry E, Dickmann M & Morley M (2008) North American firms and their HR agenda in liberal and coordinated market economies. In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2008, Anaheim, 8 August 2008.
• Dickmann M & Doherty N (2008) Exploring Individual and Organisational Career Goals, Interactions and Outcomes of Developmental International Assignments. In: 4th Workshop on Expatriation, EIASM, Las Palmas.
• Dickmann M & Couch S (2008) Measuring the efficacy of your mobility programme. In: PricewaterhouseCoopers International Human Resource Services Conference: Fit for business: Keeping HR relevant in a changing world, Rome.
• Doherty N, Dickmann M & Mills T (2008) Determinants of boundary-crossing attitudes and behaviours.. In: European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology 2008 Conference, Vrije University, 12 March 2008.
• Doherty N & Dickmann M (2008) Self-initiated expatriates - corporate asset or a liability. In: 4th Workshop on Expatriation, EIASM, Las Palmas.
• Doherty N, Dickmann M & Mills T (2008) Career activists or active careerists? Upsetting the status quo of expatriate career management. In: EGOS 24th Colloquium, Amsterdam.
• Dickmann M (2007) Barriers to Mobility. In: European Council of Human Resources Executives Conference on HR Governance Models, Brussels.
• Dickmann M & Doherty N (2007) Assessing the success of international assignments in three fast-moving consumer goods organizations. In: 23rd EGOS Colloquium, Vienna.
• Dickmann M & Couch S (2007) Increasing the Business Efficacy of Global Mobility. In: PwC Global HR Conference. Balancing the Global HR Equation - People, Knowledge and Culture, Orlando, FL.
• Dickmann M & Doherty N (2006) The meaning of success in expatriation. In: EGOS 22nd Colloquium, Bergen.
• Dickmann M (2006)

International Management Development

. In: Professional Development Workshop, GDO Doctoral Consortium, Vancouver, 8 August 2015. - Dickmann M, Doherty N & Brewster C (2006) Why do they go? Individual and corporate perspectives on the factors inflencing the decision to accept an international assignment. In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta. - Doherty N, Dickmann M & Brewster C (2006) Using the career capital of assignments back home. The "career wobble". In: British Academy of Management Conference BAM 2006*, Belfast, N. Ireland, 12 September 2016 - 14 September 2006. - Dickmann M, Wigley-Jones R & Ives M (2005) Understanding and avoiding barriers to mobility. In: PwC Global HR Conference, Orlando. - Doherty N & Dickmann M (2005) Accumulating and utilizing the capital of global careers. In: British Academy of Management Conference, Oxford. - Doherty N & Dickmann M (2005) The symbolic capital of international assignments: Linking career capital accumulation to human capital utilization. In: EGOS 21st Colloquium, Berlin. - Dickmann M & Muller-Camen M (2004) Transnational human resource management levels and politics. In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting, New Orleans. - Dickmann M & Harris H (2004) Contrasting individual''s career capital and human capital formation strategies in international organisations. In: EGOS 20th Colloquium, Ljubljana. - Dickmann M (2004) Configuring for IHRM innovation: A typology and empirical assessment of strategies, structures and processes of international HRM. In: Multinationals and the International Diffusion of Organizational Forms and Practices Conference, Barcelona. - Dickmann M & Tyson S (2003) The Effects of National Business Systems on Human Resource and Payroll Administration – A Comparative Study of Germany and the UK. In: 7th Conference on International Human Resource Management, Limerick, 4 June 2003. - Dickmann M (2000) Transferring German Human Resource Management - Desirable, Feasible, Successful?. In: IIRA 12th World Congress, Tokyo. - Dickmann Michael (2000) Transnational Human Resource Management – The More The Better? - Conceptualisation and Case Research in Spain, Britain and Germany -. In: British Academy of Management Conference, Edinburgh. - Dickmann M (1999) Harmful Extremes: Transnational Human Resource Management in Europe. In: British Academy of Management Conference, Manchester. - Dickmann M (1999) Transnational Human Resource Management: a Move Too Far? A Compartive Analysis in Spain, Britain and Germany. In: International Workshop on Organization of the Future in the ''Information Society'', Cadiz.

Books

• Brewster C, Dickmann M, Mäkelä L & Suutari V (2017) Managing Global and Migrant Workers. In: Human Resource Management: A Global and Critical Perspective, Palgrave, ed. 2nd.
• Dickmann M (2017) Expatriate Research for and with Practitioners. In: Research Handbook of Expatriates, Edward Elgar, p. i-550.
• Dickmann M, Brewster C & Sparrow P. (2016) Introduction and overview of IHRM: Contemporary HR issues in Europe. In: International Human Resource Management Contemporary HR Issues in Europe. Dickmann M, Brewster C, Sparrow P (ed.), Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, p. 1-14, ed. 3rd.
• Dickmann M, Brewster C & Sparrow P (2016) Mezzo-views: Cross-national and organizational level HRM strategies, structures, policies and practices: Overview of Section II. In: International Human Resource Management Contemporary HR Issues in Europe. Dickmann M, Brewster C, Sparrow P (ed.), Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, p. 137-143.
• Brewster C, Dickmann M & Sparrow P (2016) Micro-views: Organizational approaches and individual (Re-)actions in Europe. In: International Human Resource Management Contemporary HR Issues in Europe 3rd Edition. Dickmann M, Brewster C, Sparrow P (ed.), Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, p. 257-261, ed. 3rd.
• Sparrow P, Brewster C & Dickmann M (2016) Conclusions: The evolving HRM landscape in Europe. In: International Human Resource Management Contemporary HR Issues in Europe. Dickmann M, Brewster C, Sparrow P (ed.), Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, p. 420-431, ed. 3rd.
• Dickmann M, Brewster C & Sparrow P (2016) Macro-views: Shaping HRM in crises and beyond: Overview of section I. In: International Human Resource Management Contemporary HR Issues in Europe. Dickmann M, Brewster C, Sparrow P (ed.), Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, p. 17-20, ed. 3rd.
• Dickmann M, Cerdin JL & Mayrhofer W (2016) Global careers in European MNEs: Different career patterns in Europe?. In: International Human Resource Management Contemprary HR Issues in Europe. Dickmann M, Brewster C, Sparrow P (ed.), Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, p. 297-328, ed. 3rd.
• Dickmann M (2016) International Human Resource Management: Contemporary Human Resource Issues in Europe.
• Dickmann M (2016) International Human Resource Management - Historical Developments, Models, Policies and Practices in MNCs. In: Contemporary Human Resource Management: Text and Cases, Pearson, p. i-608, ed. 5th ed..
• Cardarelli T, Grayson D & Dickmann M (2016) Human Resources and Corporate Responsibility. In: International Human Resource Management - Contemporary Human Resource Issues in Europe, Routledge, p. 190-218.
• Parry E, Dickmann M, Unite J, Shen Y & Briscoe J (2015) Careers in Emerging Markets. In: Handbook of Human Resource Management in Emerging Markets. Horwitz F, Budhwar P (ed.), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, p. 244-270.
• Dickmann M (2014) International HRM''s Role in Managing Global Careers. In: The Routledge Companion to International Human Resource Management. Collings D, Wood G, Caligiuri P (ed.), London: Routledge, p. 511-531.
• Dickmann M (2013) International HRM. In: Contemporary Human Resource Management: Text and Cases. Wilkinson A, Redman T (ed.), Harlow: Pearson, p. 332-365, ed. 4th.
• Doherty N & Dickmann M (2013) Self-initiated Expatriation: Drivers, Employment Experience and Career Outcomes. In: Self-initiated Expatriation: Individual, Organizational and National Perspectives. Andersen M, Al Ariss A, Walther M, Wolff K (ed.), Routledge, p. 122-142.
• Doherty N & Dickmann M (2013) Self-Initiated and Assigned Expatriates: Talent Management and Career Considerations. In: Talent Managed of Self-Initiated Expatriates: A Neglected Source of Global Talent. Vaiman V, Haslberger A (ed.), Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 234-255.
• Dickmann M & Baruch Y (2011) Global Careers. Routledge.
• Khapova SN, Briscoe JP & Dickmann M (2011) Careers in Cross-Cultural Perspective. In: Careers around the world: individual and contextual perspectives. Briscoe JP, Hall DT, Mayrhofer W (ed.), Abingdon: Routledge, p. 15-39.
• Hall DT, Briscoe JP, Dickmann M & Mayrhofer W (2011) Implications for the Management of People and Organizations. In: Careers around the world: individual and contextual perspectives. Briscoe JP, Hall DT, Mayrhofer W (ed.), Abingdon: Routledge, p. 166-186.
• Parry E & Dickmann M (2011) Careers in the United Kingdom. In: Careers around the world: individual and contextual perspectives. Briscoe JP, Hall DT, Mayrhofer W (ed.), Abingdon: Routledge, p. 341-354.
• Parry E, Dickmann M & Morley M (2011) North American MNCS and their HR policies in liberal and coordinated market economies.. In: International Human Resource Management: Policy and Practice. Lazarova, M., Morley, M., and Tyson, S. (ed.), Abingdon: Routledge, p. 30-46.
• (2008) International Human Resource Management - A European Perspective.
• Bonache J & Dickmann M (2008) The Transfer of Strategic HR Know-How in MNCs: Mechanisms, Barriers and Initiatives.. In: International Human Resource Management - The European Perspective. Dickmann M, Brewster C, Sparrow P (ed.), London: Routledge.
• Doherty N & Dickmann M (2008) Capitalising on an international career: Career capital perspectives. In: International Human Resource Management - The European Perspective. Brewster C, Sparrow P, Dickmann M (ed.), Routledge, p. 240-262.
• Doherty N, Brewster C, Suutari V & Dickmann M (2008) Repatriation: The end or the middle?. In: International Human Resource Management - The European Perspective. Brewster C, Sparrow P, Dickmann M (ed.), Routledge, p. 174-191.
• Harris H & Dickmann M (2006) The CIPD Guide on International Management Development. London: The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
• Dickmann M, Graubner M & Richter A (2006) Human resources management in international consulting firms - distinguishing second and third wave company patterns. In: Human Resource Management in Consulting Companies. Domsch M, Hristozova E (ed.), Berlin: Axel Springer Verlag.
• International Human Resource Management: Contemporary HR Issues in Europe.