Preface / Ken N. Kamoche, Gerry Nkombo Muuka, Frank M. Horwitz and Yaw A. Debrah -- 1. HRM in South Africa / Frank M. Horwitz, Stella M. Nkomo and Mahamed Rajah -- 2. HRM in Botswana / Dorothy Mpabanga -- 3. HRM in Zambia / Gerry Nkombo Muuka and Kenneth Kaoma Mwenda -- 4. HRM in Mauritius / Anita Ramgutty-Wong -- 5. HRM in Tanzania / Yaw A. Debrah -- 6. HRM in Kenya / Ken N. Kamoche, Stephen M. Nyambegera and Munyae M. Mulinge -- 7. HRM in Ethiopia / Semaw Mekonnen and Aminu Mamman -- 8. HRM in Ghana / Samuel Aryee -- 9. HRM in Ivory Coast / Constant D. Beugre -- 10. HRM in Tunisia / Mahmoud Yagoubi -- 11. HRM in Libya / Abdoulhakem Almhdie and Stephen M. Nyambegera -- 12. Conclusions: toward a research agenda / Yaw A. Debrah, Frank M. Horwitz, Ken N. Kamoche and Gerry Nkombo Muuka