Connecting 'talent' meanings and multi-level context: a discursive approach

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dc.contributor.authorWiblen, Sharna
dc.contributor.authorMcDonnell, Anthony
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-18T08:59:00Z
dc.date.available2019-07-18T08:59:00Z
dc.date.issued2019-07-02
dc.date.updated2019-07-18T08:49:18Z
dc.description.abstractThrough an in-depth, multilevel case study of a professional services firm, this paper illuminates what stakeholders mean when they use the term ‘talent’. The paper underlines how various contextual factors including, workforce composition, ownership structures and individual perceptions influence talent meanings within an organisation. Our analysis of talent phenomena at a multiplicity of levels illustrates that it is not only about the words, phrases, and terms employed when talking about talent that requires examination. There is a need to deliberate on the meanings that underpin the talk because while stakeholders may talk the same way they may mean different things. The paper makes a key theoretical contribution through specific recognition of the importance of thoughtful reflection of how stakeholders discursively construct meanings because ‘talent’ is a concept, which requires translation via talk to become meaningful within the material world and these meanings are influenced by context. Thus, we cannot infer, that talent meanings radiate within organisations, nor across organisational boundaries, industries or countries because discourses arise and materialise within specific contexts and we must acknowledge that talent discourses can not be removed from the context in which they operate.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationWiblen, S. and McDonnell, A. (2019) 'Connecting 'talent' meanings and multi-level context: a discursive approach', International Journal of Human Resource Management. doi: 10.1080/09585192.2019.1629988en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09585192.2019.1629988en
dc.identifier.eissn1466-4399
dc.identifier.endpage37en
dc.identifier.issn0958-5192
dc.identifier.journaltitleInternational Journal of Human Resource Managementen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/8193
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Groupen
dc.rights© 2019, Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Human Resource Management on 2 July 2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09585192.2019.1629988en
dc.subjectTalenten
dc.subjectTalent managementen
dc.subjectSocial constructionisten
dc.subjectDiscourse analysisen
dc.subjectProfessional servicesen
dc.subjectCase studyen
dc.subjectContexten
dc.titleConnecting 'talent' meanings and multi-level context: a discursive approachen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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