Talent Management in Practice: An Integrated and Dynamic Approach

Talent Management is one of the fastest growing themes in the management field, yet, there is little knowledge about the nature of TM in practice, and how TM evolves over time. This book offers an integrated framework, based on empirical research that addresses the nature and dynamics of TM in organizations.

Dr. Marian Thunnissen works as a Professor at the School of HRM and Applied Psychology of Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Eindhoven (The Netherlands). She has over twenty years of experience in research, consulting and teaching. Her current research is focused on the identification, attraction and development of talent, particularly in the public sector. Her recent interests concern a ’teambased’ TM approach, the role of the line manager in TM, and the dilemmas and tensions organizations in practice experience in developing and implementing TM. She finds it very important to share her research and knowledge with organizations and HR practitioners in order to support them in an evidence-based TM approach. Dr. Eva Gallardo-Gallardo holds a PhD and MSc in Management from the Universitat de Barcelona. She works as Assistant Professor at the Department of Management of the School of Industrial Engineering of Barcelona at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech. She possesses more than fourteen years of teaching experience in different national and international universities in the field of management. Her research focuses on talent management, with a particular interest in understanding the formation and evolution of the field, its dynamics, and its conceptual boundaries. She is a member of the Editorial Boards of the International Journal of Human Resource Management and of the Journal of Organisational Effectiveness: People and Performance.