TALENT MANAGEMENT – AN ETYMOLOGICAL STUDY

  • Кирил Валентинов Димитров University of National and World Economy - Sofia, Bulgaria
Keywords: talent management, human resource management, human capital management, corporate culture

Abstract

The current article unveils and analyzes important shades of meaning for the widely discussed term ‚talent management‘. It not only grounds the outlined perspectives in incremental formulation and elaboration of this construct, but also is oriented to exploring the underlying reasons for the social actors, proposing new nuances. Thus, a mind map and a fish-bone diagram are constructed to depict effectively and efficiently the current state of development for talent management and make easier the realizations of future research endeavours in this field.

Author Biography

Кирил Валентинов Димитров, University of National and World Economy - Sofia, Bulgaria
associate professor, Ph.D, "Industrial business" department

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Published
2017-08-16
How to Cite
Димитров, К. (2017). TALENT MANAGEMENT – AN ETYMOLOGICAL STUDY. Vanguard Scientific Instruments in Management, 11(2). Retrieved from https://vsim-journal.info/index.php?journal=vsim&page=article&op=view&path[]=45