Sneaking through the minefield of talent management: The notion of rhetorical obfuscation

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 3673-3691

  Huang, Jimmy ^a   Tansley, Carole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

innovation diffusion; rhetorical obfuscation; rhetorical practice; talent management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864709302     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.639029     Document Type: Article

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