Talent management and the relevance of context: Towards a pluralistic approach

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 326-336

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

^a Department of Health Care   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balanced approach; Employee well being; Human resource management; Societal well being; Talent management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886794973     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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