Revisiting talent management, work-life balance and retention strategies

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 453-472

  Deery, Margaret ^a   Jago, Leo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Framework; Human resource management; Retention; Retention strategies; Talent management; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928013396     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJCHM-12-2013-0538     Document Type: Article

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