SFU Business professor Dave Thomas has won the R. Wayne Pace HRD Book of the Year Award, the top literary honour given by the Academy of Human Resource Development, for his publication Cross-Cultural Management: Essential Concepts, 2d ed. (Sage: 2008). The book supersedes the previous edition. It extracts key concepts on management from a cross-cultural, predominantly psychological perspective and condenses them into an accessible tool for both students and teachers. Thomas, who teaches international management, is the author of seven books and numerous articles on cross-cultural interactions in organizational settings.