International human resource management is meant to help students discover how employee management works within a global context. It is an excellent topic of study for those who plan to work within multinational corporations.

The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven emirates on the eastern side of the Arabian peninsula, at the entrance to the Persian Gulf. Much of the work force in the UAE are foreign expatriates - hence the country's population makeup being so diverse, with Emirati citizens being a minority in their own country.