What is the meaning of 'talent' in the world of work?

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 290-300

  Gallardo Gallardo, Eva ^a   Dries, Nicky ^b   González Cruz, Tomás F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Polibienestar Research Institute   (Spain)

Author keywords

High performers; High potentials; Talent; Talent management; Workforce segmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886791624     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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