The primary objective of this study was to expound the strategic significance of talent management with the help of a review of relevant literature. Virtual organization is one of the most flexible organizational forms that emerged as a direct result of advancements in information and communication technologies. In this form of organization, independent parties collaborate with each other to br...

This paper o¤ers direct evidence of the role of managerial talent in the market for CEOs. We construct two empirical measures of CEO talent based on perceptions of a CEO’s reputation and prior career outcomes. Using a newly hand-collected sample of 2,195 CEO successions between 1993 and 2005, we document that: 1) …rst-year total pay is an increasing and convex function of CEO talent, and increa...

This study aimed to translate the Talent Development Environment Questionnaire into Spanish and provide an initial validation. A recommended methodology for translation and cultural adaptation of questionnaires was applied. Once this had been completed, three hundred and thirty-two young athletes completed the Talent Development Environment Questionnaire. The results revealed that the five fact...

The existing superstar model (Rosen, 1981) does not require imperfect substitutes, and the convexity of total earnings with respect to talent is due to greater output for those with more talent. Our model explains why wages would increase at an increasing rate in talent. Imperfect substitutability between non-superstars and superstars with probabilistic production results in convexity in wage r...

Recruitment is an important issue of human resource management (HRM). The main purpose of recruitment is to obtain talent from internal and external of organization. However, excellent talent maybe will be missed at the pre-screening process under lack of complete information for managers to judge. In this paper, a personnel selection tool based on fuzzy data mining method is proposed to assist...

We propose a model of firm dynamics in which a firm’s primary asset is the talent of its workforce. Firms compete in wages to attract applicants, and managers seek to identify the most talented. Over time, a firm’s quality evolves as today’s recruits become tomorrow’s managers. We show that firm-applicant matching is positive assortative, with better firms posting higher wages and attracting be...

The notion of talent is an elusive concept but there appears to be sound evidence that both savants and experts share important qualities. Brief descriptive accounts of the talents displayed by savants are presented, along with a discussion of intelligence, implicit learning, and the organization of knowledge. Cognitive theories helpful in understanding exceptional abilities in people with auti...

at the moment, 14 european talent centres belong to the recently formed european talent support network, which, in the long run, can bring new dimensions to pan-european cooperation in supporting young talented people all over europe.  exchange and adaptation of best practices, spread and application of scientific results, possibilities of mutual visits of young talents, their teachers, mentors...