Standing on the shoulders of giants? A critical review of empirical talent management research
By Eva Gallardo-Gallardo, M. Thunnissen. 2016
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to frame empirical literature on talent management (TM), and to provide a clear and comprehensive picture of the topics under investigation, the conceptualization of TM, and under-explored areas. Design/methodology/approach – The authors adopted a systematic review that covers empirical research on TM which has been published between 2006 and 2014 in academic peer-reviewed journals. A total of 96 articles were included in the review. A bibliometric as well as a content analysis has been carried out. Findings – The results reveal that the Anglo-Saxon context (in particular EU) has a great impact on empirical TM research. Also research foundations and designs are not very rigorous. A slight awareness of context and culture was found. Empirical TM research is predominantly built on an exclusive approach to TM. Yet, how TM works in practice and how well (from the perspective of multiple actors) as well as the role and perceptions of line managers are under-explored areas...
Subfields: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
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Citations in the corpus
- HR managers’ talent philosophies: prevalence and relationships with perceived talent management practices (2019, background): “As existing research in large, private MNE’s often points to exclusive TM as the leading paradigm (Gallardo-Gallardo & Thunnissen, 2016), we reason that these context factors may be related to talent philosophies, most notably to beliefs about the inclusiveness of talent.”