1. Talent management in a microeconomy
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Gylfi Dalmann Aðalsteinsson, Jessica Helgudóttir, Svala Guðmundsdóttir, Viðskiptafræðideild (HÍ), Faculty of Business Administration (UI), Félagsvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Social Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, and University of Iceland
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Mannauðsstjórnun ,Knowledge management ,Talent Management ,ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION ,business.industry ,Public relations ,GeneralLiterature_MISCELLANEOUS ,language.human_language ,InformationSystems_GENERAL ,Talent management ,Human resource management ,Eigindlegar rannsóknir ,language ,Hæfileikastjórnun ,Icelandic ,Human resources ,business ,Human Resource Management ,Meaning (linguistics) ,Qualitative research - Abstract
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in talent management, but there is still considerable debate with regard to understanding of the meaning of talent. While talent management has been criticized for the lack of conceptual and intellectual foundation, this paper aimed at exploring the systematic approaches to talent management in Icelandic organizations. A qualitative study was performed and interviews were conducted with 10 human resources managers. The results indicated that there were positive attitudes towards the talent management. Also, the interviewees described talent management as a rather new phenomenon within Icelandic companies. Talent management was defined by the managers as a powerful tool to monitor, attract, and develop their employees’ skills and retain new talent.
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- 2017
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