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Global Talent Management: An Introduction and a Review

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Global Talent Management

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This chapter sketches the key definitional basis of global talent management. It presents the chapters that follow in this book and concludes by offering six key global talent management directions for business leaders and researchers.

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Al Ariss, A. (2014). Global Talent Management: An Introduction and a Review. In: Al Ariss, A. (eds) Global Talent Management. Management for Professionals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05125-3_1

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