Measuring individual talent is a prerequisite of talent management. In order to do so, there are methods which have been established such as intelligence tests, general and individual tests, ratings scale and the literature of educational performance. Applying these methods are effective, if measurement error is low and validity is high. All current available methods are faced with issues relat...

This article gives an overview of questions on diagnostics and procedures high mathematical talent. Various methods such as intelligence tests, school achievement tests checklists are presented discussed. The conclusions favor multidimensional multi-step approaches with a focus special tests. As example the approach identifying children potential used in PriMa project at University Hamburg shou...

what is talent? how can it be identified? who is responsible for identifying it? are there universally valued talents, or are they all culturally bound? there are at least three different levels of analysis to explore these questions. on the government level, we must philosophically decide on how our country chooses and expresses its values through what is taught, to whom, and for what periods ...

Top income inequality has risen sharply in the United States over the last 30 years but remained low and stable in economies like France and Japan. Why? This paper explores three theoretical mechanisms that endogenize the amount of top income inequality. The first model suggests that the rate of growth of top incomes is a key determinant. A rise in the returns to experience or an increase in ef...

Countless studies have addressed why some individuals achieve more than others. Nevertheless, the psychology of achievement lacks a unifying conceptual framework for synthesizing these empirical insights. We propose organizing achievement-related traits by two possible mechanisms of action: Traits that determine the rate at which an individual learns a skill are talent variables and can be dist...

The phenomenal success of Free/Open Source Software during the recent years has led researchers in all related fields to re-think and re-evaluate the studies and concepts, especially those which the open source violates. Talent management and talent acquisition is no exception to this. The sudden rise in open source projects and their success is a cause of motivation for all of us to evaluate t...

Soccer is one of the most popular sports in the world with player numbers increasing annually at an explosive rate. Children now tend to start specific sports training in a specialized environment at a younger age than in previous years. The desire to be a professional soccer player is strong and future aspirations are usually relayed to the coaching staff. Coaches are, therefore, increasingly ...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how the principles of talent management (TM) can be leveraged to enhance an organization‟s knowledge management (KM) initiatives. Design/methodology/approach – This paper critically reviews the literature pertaining to the emerging concept of TM and specifically that which focuses upon „smart talent management‟ i.e. the fusion of TM and KM conce...