Talent management as a management fashion in hrd: Towards a research agenda

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-145

  Iles, Paul ^a   Preece, David ^b   Chuai, Xin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BELZONA POLYMERICS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fashion; HRD; Institutional theory; Talent management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976587792     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678861003703666     Document Type: Article

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