Article history: Received 9 February 2013 Received in revised form 25 April 2013 Accepted 25 April 2013 Available online xxxx Controversies surrounding nature and nurture determinants of expert/elite performance have arisen many times since antiquity, and remain sources of concern in the present day. Extreme positions on this controversy are fundamentally silly — both nature and nurture are nec...

the aim of this study was to survey football talent identification problems. all coaches of the basic football teams of tehran asia vision league in adolescent and youth classes formed the statistical population of this study. 42 coaches were selected as the sample based on morgan table. because there was not a standard questionnaire for this scope, a questionnaire with 5-point likert scale was...

This study used the dynamic scenario simulation of system dynamics to perform simulation on the effects of education policies, trend of employment demand, and employability qualities of vocational college graduates on the development of employment demand in Taiwan’s technology industry. According to the research results, dynamic situational simulation of system dynamics can be used to simulate ...

Talent identification is often used in a variety of sports by coaches, scouts, and scientists. Talent Identification can be defined as the process of identifying current athletes with the potential to progress into elite athletes (Unnithan et al., 2012). Concerning baseball, there are specific skills that coaches and scouts look for in athletes (i.e. power, strength, and body composition). Howe...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES The director of case management is one of health care's leadership positions most frequently in demand. The lack of qualified and effective case management leaders will continue to be an issue for organizations for years to come, influenced by increasing pressures on health care reimbursement and the aging case management workforce. Organizations have an opportunity to create...

International talent management becomes increasingly important, because companies compete on a global scale for qualified employees. Finding highly educated talent, however, is difficult, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. This research investigates the work expectations of Chinese (N=404), Indian (N=588), and German (N=257) students, the talent group from which companies hope to recruit th...

The study was conducted with the purpose of determining the level and the differences of sport talents in boys and girls attending primary schools in the Split-Dalmatia County. Using the ‘’TALENT’’ expert system we established potential talent in 93 randomly selected male and female primary school pupils in 14 different sports and sport disciplines based on the level of their motor and function...