Global Talent Management: Challenges, Strategies, and Opportunities (Management for Professionals)

This book bridges the research and practice of global talent management. It opens important theoretical and practical avenues to understand the concept internationally while focusing on developing and emerging countries. Chapters derive from various geographic regions and embrace cross-national, comparative, and interdisciplinary perspectives. An open and inclusive approach is used in assessing the challenges of global talent management, strategies to overcome these challenges, and in charting opportunities for future talent management. These three dimensions are crucial to academic researchers and business practitioners for envisioning a positive future role of talent management in businesses and societies. ​ Front Matter....Pages i-viii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Global Talent Management: An Introduction and a Review....Pages 3-13 HR Directors’ Understanding of ‘Talent’: A Cross-Cultural Study....Pages 15-28 Smart Global Talent Management: A Promising Hybrid....Pages 29-41 Coaching of Key Talents in Multinational Companies....Pages 43-63 Cultural Intelligence as a Key Construct for Global Talent Management....Pages 65-78 Inpatriation as a Key Component of Global Talent Management....Pages 79-92 The Global Talent Challenge of Self-initiated Expatriates....Pages 93-105 Opportunities and Challenges for Organisations and Highly Skilled Migrant Professionals....Pages 107-119 Front Matter....Pages 121-121 Global Talent Management in Brazil: Jeitinho as a Managerial Talent....Pages 123-140 Talent Management in China....Pages 141-158 Global Talent Management in Japanese Multinational Companies: The Case of Nissan Motor Company....Pages 159-170 Talent Management in ASEAN: A Study of Thailand....Pages 171-181 Global Talent Management in Knowledge Intensive Firms in Europe and India....Pages 183-196 Talent Management in the MENA and GCC Regions: Challenges and Opportunities....Pages 197-215 Talent Management in Poland: Challenges, Strategies and Opportunities....Pages 217-235 How to Attract and Retain Global Careerists: Evidence from Finland....Pages 237-249 Global Talent Management in French Multinationals....Pages 251-265 Global Talent Management and the American Female Executive....Pages 267-278 Back Matter....Pages 279-289 This title bridges the research and practice of global talent management. It opens important theoretical and practical avenues to understand the concept internationally while focusing on developing and emerging countries