TY - JOUR

T1 - Balancing individual and organizational needs in global talent management

T2 - a mutual-benefits perspective

AU - Farndale, E

AU - Pai, A

AU - Sparrow, Paul

AU - Scullion, H

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - Drawing from the talent management and global mobility literatures, there is simultaneous pressure to address both organizational goals to place talent internationally, and individual goals of self-initiated expatriation. This raises important questions for the future of global talent management (GTM): how might individual and organizational goals be balanced to the mutual benefit of both parties? Qualitative data from pilot studies in multinational corporations demonstrate a largely financially-driven balancing act between self-initiated and organization-assigned expatriate assignments. Building primarily from psychological contract theory, this study builds propositions for future research, and explores the implications for global talent management practice.

AB - Drawing from the talent management and global mobility literatures, there is simultaneous pressure to address both organizational goals to place talent internationally, and individual goals of self-initiated expatriation. This raises important questions for the future of global talent management (GTM): how might individual and organizational goals be balanced to the mutual benefit of both parties? Qualitative data from pilot studies in multinational corporations demonstrate a largely financially-driven balancing act between self-initiated and organization-assigned expatriate assignments. Building primarily from psychological contract theory, this study builds propositions for future research, and explores the implications for global talent management practice.

M3 - Journal article

VL - 49

SP - 204

EP - 214

JO - Journal of World Business

JF - Journal of World Business

SN - 1090-9516

IS - 2

ER -