Human Resource Management in the UN: A Japanese Perspective

This book was published for undergraduate and graduate students who would like to become international civil servants. It provides a comprehensive guide to successfully working in the UN Common System.

Kazuko Yokoyama, the author, worked in the United Nations Common System (ILO, UNHCR, and FAO) for nine years and is now a well-respected researcher in human resource management in Japan.
She has over twenty-years of consulting experience advising business people who wish to become international civil servants.

This book includes extensive interviews with international civil servants working in various UN organizations. It also provides an in-depth statistical analysis of how these international civil servants work and live at their duty stations.

Not only is it a useful career development resource for students but it also contributes to the discussion on cross-cultural management and issues in comparative HRM. It is of particular interest to those scholars interested in Japanese HRM practices.