This article first briefly highligts the rapid development of the human resource management (HRM) disciplene and the need for more cross-national HRM studies. The universal applicability of Anglo-Saxon model of HRM is then questioned. To examine the applicability of HRM models in different settings (national and international), five main HRM models are crictically analysed and their main research propositions are identified. This provides the basis for a framework and development in the literature, finally, a contextual model is proposed for conducting cross-national and comparative HRM studies, The paper also indicates some related directions for future research.