Talent management: A critical review

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-154

  Lewis, Robert E ^a   Heckman, Robert J ^a  

^a Personnel Decisions International ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Organization; Strategic Human resources; Talent management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744539797     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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