A multidisciplinary review into the definition, operationalization, and measurement of talent

Journal of World Business

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 180-191

  Nijs, Sanne ^a   Gallardo Gallardo, Eva ^b   Dries, Nicky ^a   Sels, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Multidisciplinary review; Talent definition; Talent measurement; Talent operationalization; Theoretical propositions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894252329     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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