IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/hhb/hastba/2014_002.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

Talent Management in a Collectivistic and Egalitarian Context – The Swedish Case

Author

Listed:
  • Bolander, Pernilla

    (Department of Management)

  • Asplund, Kajsa

    (Department of Management)

  • Werr, Andreas

    (Department of Management)

Abstract

Talent Management (TM) is currently on top of the HR agenda of managers all over the world. Still, TM research and writing has to a large extent been focused on multinational, US-based firms. Recent research has identified a need for empirical research on TM in other national and cultural contexts. The current study focuses on TM practices in the Swedish context which is characterized by collectivistic and egalitarian values at odds with the individualistic and elitist values of TM. Based on a study of 16 organizations, three approaches to TM are identified – a Humanistic approach, a Competitive approach and an Entrepreneurial approach. The three approaches are described and discussed in relation to the organizational and cultural context in which they were identified. Hereby, the paper contributes to a more context-specific understanding of TM, which has been called for in previous research.

Suggested Citation

  • Bolander, Pernilla & Asplund, Kajsa & Werr, Andreas, 2014. "Talent Management in a Collectivistic and Egalitarian Context – The Swedish Case," SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Business Administration 2014:2, Stockholm School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhb:hastba:2014_002
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://swoba.hhs.se/hastba/papers/hastba2014_002.pdf
    File Function: Complete Rendering
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Boris Groysberg & Linda-Eling Lee & Ashish Nanda, 2008. "Can They Take It With Them? The Portability of Star Knowledge Workers' Performance," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 54(7), pages 1213-1230, July.
    2. Schuler, Randall S. & Jackson, Susan E. & Tarique, Ibraiz, 2011. "Global talent management and global talent challenges: Strategic opportunities for IHRM," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 46(4), pages 506-516, October.
    3. Tarique, Ibraiz & Schuler, Randall S., 2010. "Global talent management: Literature review, integrative framework, and suggestions for further research," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 45(2), pages 122-133, April.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Honorata Howaniec & Oleh Karyy & Adam Pawliczek, 2022. "The Role of Universities in Shaping Talents—The Case of the Czech Republic, Poland and Ukraine," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-17, May.
    2. Latukha, M. & Veselova, A. & Selivanovskikh, L. & Artukh, E. & Mitskevich, E., 2016. "Re-thinking the role of talent management in a firm’s performance: Talent management practices and absorptive capacity," Working Papers 6442, Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University.
    3. Ramazan Özkan Yildiz & Soner Esmer, 2021. "Talent management related concepts and debates in container shipping industry by an emerging market perspective," Journal of Shipping and Trade, Springer, vol. 6(1), pages 1-30, December.
    4. Bathmavathy Dalayga & Mozhdeh Mohkber & Siti Zaleha Abdul Rashid, 2017. "Talent Shortage: Talent Development as a Tool to Thwart it Globally," International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, vol. 7(4), pages 990-998, April.
    5. Priya BAGUANT, 2015. "The Challenges of Talent Management in a diverse workforce: The Case of Dubai," Proceedings of International Academic Conferences 2503938, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences.
    6. Meyers, Maria Christina & van Woerkom, Marianne, 2014. "The influence of underlying philosophies on talent management: Theory, implications for practice, and research agenda," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 49(2), pages 192-203.
    7. Maha Lutfi Al- Dalahmeh, 2020. "Talent Management: A Systematic Review," Oradea Journal of Business and Economics, University of Oradea, Faculty of Economics, vol. 5(special), pages 115-123, June.
    8. Alex Anlesinya & Kwasi Dartey-Baah & Kwesi Amponsah-Tawiah, 2019. "A Review of Empirical Research on Global Talent Management," FIIB Business Review, , vol. 8(2), pages 147-160, June.
    9. Shad Morris & Scott Snell & Ingmar Björkman, 2016. "An architectural framework for global talent management," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 47(6), pages 723-747, August.
    10. Novera Ansar & Akhtar Baloch, 2018. "Talent And Talent Management: Definition And Issues," IBT Journal of Business Studies (JBS), Ilma University, Faculty of Management Science, vol. 14(1), pages 14-14.
    11. Festing, Marion & Schäfer, Lynn, 2014. "Generational challenges to talent management: A framework for talent retention based on the psychological-contract perspective," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 49(2), pages 262-271.
    12. Abdelkader Daghfous & Omar Belkhodja, 2019. "Managing Talent Loss in the Procurement Function: Insights from the Hospitality Industry," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(23), pages 1-19, November.
    13. Farndale, Elaine & Beamond, Maria & Corbett-Etchevers, Isabelle & Xu, Shiyong, 2022. "Accessing host country national talent in emerging economies: A resource perspective review and future research agenda," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 57(1).
    14. Novera Ansar & Akhtar Baloch, 2018. "Talent And Talent Management: Definition And Issues," IBT Journal of Business Studies (JBS), Ilma University, Faculty of Management Science, vol. 14(2), pages 174-186.
    15. Eglal Hafez & Reem AbouelNeel & Eahab Elsaid, 2017. "An Exploratory Study on How Talent Management Affects Employee Retention and Job Satisfaction for Personnel Administration in Ain Shams University Egypt," Journal of Management and Strategy, Journal of Management and Strategy, Sciedu Press, vol. 8(4), pages 1-17, August.
    16. P.C. Bahuguna & Deepak Bangwal & Rajeev Kumar, 2023. "Talent Management and Its Impact on Organizational Commitment: An Empirical Investigation of Indian Hospitality Industry," FIIB Business Review, , vol. 12(2), pages 176-192, June.
    17. Nguyen Ngoc Mai & Vo Hoang Ngoc Thuy, 2021. "Talent Retention at Commercial Banks in Vietnam," International Review of Management and Marketing, Econjournals, vol. 11(1), pages 48-59.
    18. Martin Andersson & Davide Castellani & Claudio Fassio & Viroj Jienwatcharamongkhol, 2022. "Leaving the multinational: The likelihood and nature of employee mobility from MNEs," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 53(5), pages 936-949, July.
    19. Lucie VNOUCKOVA & Hana URBANCOVA & Helena SMOLOVA, 2016. "Strategic talent management in agricultural and forestry companies," Agricultural Economics, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 62(8), pages 345-343.
    20. Najm A. & Manasrah, Alaa K., 2017. "The effect of talent management on organizational performance: applied study in Jordanian banks," Review of Applied Socio-Economic Research, Pro Global Science Association, vol. 13(1), pages 36-51, JUNE.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    Talent Management; HR strategy; Culture;
    All these keywords.

    NEP fields

    This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:hhb:hastba:2014_002. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Helena Lundin (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/erhhsse.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.