Talent management in Russia: Not so much war for talent as wariness of talent

Critical Perspectives on International Business

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 129-146

  Holden, Nigel ^a   Vaiman, Vlad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Career development; Careers; Institutional mistrust; Political systems; Russia; Soviet Union; Talent management; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874567825     PISSN: 17422043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17422041311299987     Document Type: Article

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