Talent Management in Multinational Companies in Tunisia

2017 ◽  
pp. 104-121
Author(s):  
Khaled Tamzini ◽  
Tahar Lazhar Ayed
Keyword(s):  
Talent Management ◽  
Multinational Companies ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
New Approach

This study aims to take stock of the practices and draw up the prospects for a relatively new approach in which companies begin to measure efficiency. This approach is none other than talent management. This study is based on a survey conducted among a panel of multinational subsidiaries operating in Tunisia, all sectors combined, respondents on the basis of a self-administered online questionnaire. This survey is considered as the first and the major survey of talent management in the subsidiaries of multinationals operating in Tunisia.

scholarly journals Driving Innovation Through Transformative HRM

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatjana Jovanović ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Corporate Culture ◽  
Talent Management ◽  
Multinational Companies ◽  
Academic Experience ◽  
The Creation

In a World that is constantly and rapidly changing, innovation is found to be one of the very few sources of competitive advantage. Under such circumstances, it is of utmost importance to create foundation, a competitive base, which will enable innovation from within. This paper provides a portfolio of practical initiatives and discusses how they can drive and move forward company's transformation through the creation of a corporate culture that backs up innovation - all based on a combination of practical and academic experience obtained through the author’s broad professional engagement in multinational companies over many years. Particular emphasize is placed on a number of showcases in transformative human resource management that illustrate how, in practical terms, architecture of employees’ engagement and talent management could be established within an organization to drive a critical impact on the organization’s ability to create a sustainable company-wide culture of innovation.

scholarly journals Importance of the Mental Preparation for Competition Among Young Athletes

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Orsolya Borók ◽  
Éva Bácsné Bába
Keyword(s):  
College Graduates ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Team Sports ◽  
Talent Management ◽  
Sports Performance ◽  
Young Athletes ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Urban Background ◽  
Mental Preparation ◽  
Sports Organizations

The mental preparation of athletes for competition has become more appreciated. In this paper, we asked young athletes in Hungarian team sports about their experiences and expectations in mental preparation. In the research, we used an online questionnaire where 165 valuable responses were received. Most of the respondents were women, between 15-24 years of age, high school and college graduates, with urban background. Almost 90% of respondents have been confronted an obstacle with a negative impact on performance in sports before. Most athletes know well the activities of sports psychologists, however, only 10% of them have been mentally trained so far, while 70% of them would need it. Those sports associations achieve more successful results in the talent management, where sports psychologist was involved in the assessment of young children. Based on these, sports organizations should use a sports psychologist, because it could help achieve better sports performance for players and teams.

scholarly journals A Cross-Destination Analysis of Country Image: A Key Factor of Tourism Marketing

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 9529
Author(s):  
Enrique Marinao-Artigas ◽  
Karla Barajas-Portas
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equations ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Country Image ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Tourism Marketing ◽  
Visitor Satisfaction ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Structural Equations Model

The purpose of this study is to check whether the image of a country can be configured by the interaction of cognitive and emotional experiences with the functional, hedonic, and symbolic benefits perceived by the visitor. It is intended to verify whether this multidimensional image facilitates the connection between people's familiarity with the country, its reputation, and their satisfaction. A non-probabilistic convenience sample has been used. An online questionnaire has been applied. In total, 1812 valid answers have been obtained. Through a structural equations model (SEM), the quantitative analysis has been developed. This study revealed that the country's image has a multidimensional configuration that positively connects people's familiarity with a country with its reputation and with visitor satisfaction. This proposed new approach to configure the image of a country based on its visitors can be a key tool for implementing destination marketing strategies.

scholarly journals Importance of the Mental Preparation for Competition Among Young Athletes

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Orsolya Borók ◽  
Éva Bácsné Bába
Keyword(s):  
College Graduates ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Team Sports ◽  
Talent Management ◽  
Sports Performance ◽  
Young Athletes ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Urban Background ◽  
Mental Preparation ◽  
Sports Organizations

The mental preparation of athletes for competition has become more appreciated. In this paper, we asked young athletes in Hungarian team sports about their experiences and expectations in mental preparation. In the research, we used an online questionnaire where 165 valuable responses were received. Most of the respondents were women, between 15-24 years of age, high school and college graduates, with urban background. Almost 90% of respondents have been confronted an obstacle with a negative impact on performance in sports before. Most athletes know well the activities of sports psychologists, however, only 10% of them have been mentally trained so far, while 70% of them would need it. Those sports associations achieve more successful results in the talent management, where sports psychologist was involved in the assessment of young children. Based on these, sports organizations should use a sports psychologist, because it could help achieve better sports performance for players and teams.

MNCs’ R&D talent management in China: aligning practices with strategies

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1086-1106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lydia Qianqian Li ◽  
Katherine Xin ◽  
Vlado Pucik ◽  
William X. Wei
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Talent Management ◽  
Multinational Companies ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Practical Recommendations

Purpose This paper aims to propose practical recommendations in accordance with the strategic roles played by research and development (R&D) in multinational companies (MNCs). Design/methodology/approach This study applies a qualitative method to investigate the talent management (TM) practices implemented in MNCs’ R&D units. Findings The findings identify four R&D strategies and four sectors of TM practices. Furthermore, there exists an alignment between R&D strategies and TM practices. Research limitations/implications This paper has several limitations. This qualitative research is exploratory, and larger samples or quantitative methods are needed to ensure the wider applicability of the findings. When possible, longitudinal studies yield superior results in revealing the evolving strategic roles of R&D subsidiaries and their TM practices. The authors used China as the research context, and similar studies in other emerging countries with active R&D activities are required to further validate or complement the findings in this study. Practical implications This study has some practical implications for companies with regard to aligning their TM practices with R&D strategies. Originality/value R&D units play an increasingly significant role in MNCs and TM is a key issue. However, there is a lack of TM research focusing on R&D employees by taking strategies into account.

Talent Management in Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion Festing ◽  
Katharina Harsch ◽  
Lynn Schäfer ◽  
Hugh Scullion
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Talent Management ◽  
Multinational Companies ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Industry Clusters ◽  
Scarce Resources ◽  
Specific Definition ◽  
Management Issues

Despite the economic importance of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), talent management in this context is under-researched. The liability of smallness and scarce resources as typical features of SMEs require a specific definition and approach to talent management in this sector. The limited knowledge about talent management in SMEs indicates major challenges in attracting and retaining talent. We draw on the literature on human resource management (HRM) in SMEs, to put talent-management issues in a wider context. Furthermore, we outline HRM and talent-management networks and cooperation in industry clusters as a means for SMEs to join forces to compete with larger, multinational companies. However, this chapter also indicates that more research is needed in the field of talent management in SMEs.

scholarly journals Importance of the Mental Preparation for Competition Among Young Athletes

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Orsolya Borók ◽  
Éva Bácsné Bába
Keyword(s):  
College Graduates ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Team Sports ◽  
Talent Management ◽  
Sports Performance ◽  
Young Athletes ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Urban Background ◽  
Mental Preparation ◽  
Sports Organizations

The mental preparation of athletes for competition has become more appreciated. In this paper, we asked young athletes in Hungarian team sports about their experiences and expectations in mental preparation. In the research, we used an online questionnaire where 165 valuable responses were received. Most of the respondents were women, between 15-24 years of age, high school and college graduates, with urban background. Almost 90% of respondents have been confronted an obstacle with a negative impact on performance in sports before. Most athletes know well the activities of sports psychologists, however, only 10% of them have been mentally trained so far, while 70% of them would need it. Those sports associations achieve more successful results in the talent management, where sports psychologist was involved in the assessment of young children. Based on these, sports organizations should use a sports psychologist, because it could help achieve better sports performance for players and teams.

scholarly journals How do strategic actors think about the value of talent management? Moving from talent practice to the practice of talent

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 259-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heba Makram ◽  
Paul Sparrow ◽  
Kay Greasley
Keyword(s):  
Performance Management ◽  
Conceptual Development ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Talent Management ◽  
Multinational Companies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Retention Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Definitional Problem ◽  
The Right

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the perceptions of strategic actors in multinational organisations and to contribute to our understanding of how multinational companies articulate and define talent management and how – or what – they perceive its value to be. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on an empirical research study in which data were collected through 50 in-depth interviews across five multinational companies, conducted at a regional level across ten countries. Participants in the study were strategic actors representing two groups of managers/leaders (HR and talent management system designers and business leaders who are directly involved in the implementation of talent management). Findings The absence of a formal talent management definition led to the emergence of different views and interpretations of what it is. It was viewed as a bundle, or set, of management ideologies manifested in all HR-related practices across four key areas: hiring the right talent, performance management, succession planning and development and retention. Performance management acted as the cornerstone. Talent management strategies displayed little participation for both system designers and implementers and distinct patterns of mystification, technologization and concretisation. The language of value was uncommonly used but provoked different ways of thinking about the role and meaning of talent management. Practical implications The strategic actors in the talent system continue to see talent management in narrow functional and HR process terms. However, by bundling these HR functions and processes together, it is evident that they can be encouraged to recast their activity in a broader strategic narrative. Borrowing the notions and theories of value and value creation, and investigating talent management through this lens, should help to surface interesting insights into how talent management might be defined in practice, and how the language of value may in future be used to understand what talent management really is. Originality/value The global study underpinning this paper attempts to deconstruct the understanding that strategic actors have about talent management from an empirical base. It contributes to the conceptual development of the talent management discourse by revealing the logics being pursued and address the definitional problem currently evidenced in the literature. It also provides direction for future research.

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