Advances in Talent Management Research: A Review of Extant Literature

Abstract

This paper aims to provide a selective literature review of articles pub- lished in the last decade on talent management (TM), specifically on aspects of TM implementation in particular sectors, and to explore the methodological and theo- retical limitations of emerging research in this area. The review identified a total of 64 relevant articles related to the following 8 sectors: tourism and hospitality, edu- cation, banking and finance, business process outsourcing and information technology- enabled services, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, real estate and telecom- munications. Among the most frequently occurring methodological limitations dis- covered were limited generalisability, context-specific subject or biased sample, insufficient sample size and a snapshot approach to data collection. The review also found that this research lacked a theoretical underpinning and that more research studies are needed to empirically validate some of the key variables emerging in this area of research. The study concludes with a literature synthesis and recommenda- tions for future research.