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Collings , David G., Mellahi, Kamel and Cascio, Wayne (2019) Global talent management and performance in multinational enterprises : a multilevel perspective. Journal of Management, 45 (2). pp. 540-566. doi:10.1177/0149206318757018 ISSN 0149-2063.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206318757018
Abstract
The link between global talent management (GTM) and multinational enterprises’ (MNEs) performance has not been theorised or empirically tested. We develop a theoretical framework for how GTM links to performance at the headquarters (HQ), subsidiary, and individual employee levels. Using the resource-based view as a frame, we highlight the routines of pivotal positions, global talent pools, and a differentiated HR architecture as central to GTM. We show that at the HQ level, an MNE’s adoption of a global, multi-domestic, or transnational strategy determines the objectives of the GTM system and significantly influences the performance of the enterprise. At the subsidiary level, the alignment between HQ intentions and subsidiary implementation of GTM routines is a key variable in our analysis. We consider the effects of these higher-level factors on individual performance through the lens of human-capital resources, focusing on how individual human capital can translate or amplify to a unit-level human-capital resource. We argue that, through the vertical fit of these higher-level factors with GTM routines at a given level, an MNE can develop an effective GTM system and expect that to translate into sustainable performance aligned with objectives set at headquarters. The paper concludes with an agenda for future research.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HF Commerce | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Executives -- Recruiting, International business enterprises, Corporations -- Headquarters -- Employees, Subsidiary corporations -- Employees | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Management | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0149-2063 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 1 February 2019 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 45 | ||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 540-566 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1177/0149206318757018 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | Collings, D. G., Mellahi, K., & Cascio, W. F. (2019). Global Talent Management and Performance in Multinational Enterprises: A Multilevel Perspective. Journal of Management, 45(2), 540–566. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206318757018. © The Author(s) 2018. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206318757018 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 13 January 2018 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 15 January 2018 | ||||||||
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