Developing tomorrow's leaders-Evidence of global talent management in multinational enterprises

Journal of World Business

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 150-160

  McDonnell, Anthony ^a   Lamare, Ryan ^b   Gunnigle, Patrick ^b   Lavelle, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Global talent management; Management development; Multinational enterprise; Succession planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749083295     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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