A review of talent management: 'infancy or adolescence?'

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1744-1761

  Thunnissen, Marian ^a   Boselie, Paul ^b   Fruytier, Ben ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

balanced approach; literature review; strategic human resource management; talent; talent management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876341504     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2013.777543     Document Type: Article

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