Strategic Talent Management: Contemporary Issues in International Context

With contributions from leading scholars and practitioners, this Cambridge Companion examines the topical issue of talent management from a strategic perspective, mapping out insights from a number of related fields including strategy, organisational learning, marketing and supply chain management. The authors examine the challenges faced when viewing talent management in a global context, showing how both comparative and international HRM thinking have become increasingly important when, for example, managing talent in emerging markets or trying to globalise the talent management function. The book concludes with a valuable summary of key learning points about talent management for both practitioners and researchers, as well as a discussion of the most fruitful areas for future research. This Companion will be an essential resource for academic researchers, graduate students and practitioners of global strategic talent management.

About the Editors

Paul Sparrow is the Director of the Centre for Performance-led HR and Professor of International Human Resource Management at Lancaster University Management School. He has consulted with major multinationals, public sector organisations and inter-governmental agencies and was an Expert Advisory Panel member to the UK Government's Sector Skills Development Agency. His research interests include cross-cultural and international HRM, HR strategy, cognition at work and changes in the employment relationship. From 2008–2012, he was voted amongst the Top 15 Most Influential HR Thinkers by Human Resources magazine.

Hugh Scullion is Professor of International Management at NUI Galway, Ireland. He has published in leading North American and Euro-pean journals including the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of World Business, Human Resource Management Journal and International Human Resource Management Journal, and he has published a number of books in the area of International HRM. He has acted as consultant to multinational companies in Europe and Asia.

Ibraiz Tarique is an Associate Professor of HRM and Director of Global HRM Programs at the Lubin School of Business, Pace University, New York City campus. His research interests are in IHRM, GTM, and investments in human capital. He has published in the International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of World Business, and International Journal of Training and Development. He has presented numerous papers at the Annual AOM Meetings and is the co-author of International Human Resource Management: Policies and Practices for Multinational Enterprises, a comprehensive textbook in IHRM.