Towards agile talent management: the opportunities of a skills-first approach

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dc.contributor.authorJooss, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorCollings, David
dc.contributor.authorMcMackin, John Francis
dc.contributor.authorDickmann, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-13T15:28:29Z
dc.date.available2023-10-13T15:28:29Z
dc.date.issued2023-07-24
dc.descriptionAwarded Best Conference Paper: In honor of being designated one of the top 10% best HR division conference papers. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2023), 4-8 August 2023, Boston, USAen_UK
dc.description.abstractDespite its evolution over the last two decades, talent management has been criticised for being too static in its approach. Drawing on matching theory and adopting an agility lens, we show how a skills-matching perspective on talent management fosters the development of strategic agility, responsive to external and internal demands. Through qualitative research encompassing 34 interviews in 15 multinational enterprises, we illustrate how a skills focus required revisiting talent strategies to facilitate initial and dynamic matching in external and internal labour markets, and we highlight key boundary conditions for skills-matching. We reveal a set of dynamic capabilities, underlying two meta-capabilities, strategic sensitivity and resource fluidity, which underpin the skills-matching process and enable strategic agility. In doing so, we shift the focus of talent management towards skills acquisition and development, and emphasise the need to look beyond traditional learning and development to alignment across the wider talent function.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationJooss S, Collings D, McMackin JF, Dickmann M. (2023) Towards agile talent management: the opportunities of a skills-first approach. In: Academy of Management Proceedings Volume 2023, Number 1. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2023), 4-8 August 2023, Boston, USAen_UK
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2023.232bp
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/20373
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherAcademy of Managementen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectTalent managementen_UK
dc.subjectskillsen_UK
dc.subjectmatching theoryen_UK
dc.subjectagilityen_UK
dc.subjectdynamic capabilitiesen_UK
dc.subjectbest paperen_UK
dc.titleTowards agile talent management: the opportunities of a skills-first approachen_UK
dc.typeConference paperen_UK

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