Talent management in practice in australia: Individualistic or strategic? An exploratory study

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 399-420

  Jones, Janice T ^a   Whitaker, Marian ^a   Seet, Pi Shen ^a   Parkin, Jarrad ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Individualistic; Strategic; Systems level; Talent management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871842301     PISSN: 10384111     EISSN: 17447941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7941.2012.00036.x     Document Type: Article

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