Balancing individual and organizational goals in global talent management: A mutual-benefits perspective

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.

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Work Title Balancing individual and organizational goals in global talent management: A mutual-benefits perspective
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Creators
  1. Elaine Farndale
  2. Avinash Pai
  3. Paul Sparrow
  4. Hugh Scullion
Keyword
  1. Global talent management
  2. Global mobility
  3. Organization-assigned expatriation
  4. Self-initiated expatriation
  5. Psychological contract theory
License CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives)
Work Type Article
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  1. Journal of World Business
Publication Date December 11, 2013
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  1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2013.11.004
Deposited September 12, 2023

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  • Added Creator Avinash Pai
  • Added Creator Paul Sparrow
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    • Global talent management, Global mobility, Organization-assigned expatriation, Self-initiated expatriation, Psychological contract theory
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    • 2013-12-11
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