The role of talent-perception incongruence in effective talent management

Journal of World Business

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 272-280

  Sonnenberg, Mariëlle ^a   van Zijderveld, Vera ^b   Brinks, Martijn ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ACCENTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Incongruence; Psychological contract; Talent management; Talent perception; Talent differentiation strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894249359     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2013.11.011     Document Type: Article

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