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Talent management in China and India: A comparison of management perceptions and human resource practices

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  • Cooke, Fang Lee
  • Saini, Debi S.
  • Wang, Jue

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This study investigates how the concept of talent is understood, what talent management practices are in place, and what talent-management challenges may be confronting firms in China and India through the perspectives of 178 non-HR managers. The study reveals the centrality of materialistic values in the evolving, contemporary employment relationships in the two countries. The findings shed light on the different needs of capacity-building for the HR institutions in each of the two countries, as well as the need to adopt a more particularistic (vs. a universalist) approach to conceptualizing and operationalizing talent management in the international context.

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  • Cooke, Fang Lee & Saini, Debi S. & Wang, Jue, 2014. "Talent management in China and India: A comparison of management perceptions and human resource practices," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 49(2), pages 225-235.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:worbus:v:49:y:2014:i:2:p:225-235
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2013.11.006
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