Journal Article

Strategic choices regarding talent management in the Flemish public sector

Buttiens, Dorien, Hondeghem, Annie

2015

Overview

In the past decade, talent management (TM) research has mainly focused on (large) organizations in a for-profit context. From this, it has been established that it is important to apply a contingency perspective since ‘organizations develop talent systems which refl ect particular organizational objectives in the context of the strategic constraints which they face’ (Vaiman Collings 2013). Furthermore, Vaiman Collings (2013) state that future research thus should aim to connect the talent management policy of an organization to the corporate culture and business strategy. In addition, Thunissen et al. (2013a) acknowledge that the approach to talent is not only determined by the management of an organization but also by other stakeholders (e.g. employees and society). This article aims to contribute to these concerns in the literature by using the contextually based human resource theory (CBHRT) of Paauwe (2004) in a public sector context. The CBHRT tries to explain the choice for an HR policy by looking at several dimensions in the (institutional) environment of an organization and by taking into account the influence of stakeholders. Furthermore, by focusing on the Flemish government, this article meets the call to further research on TM in under explored research areas.

• Publisher: Akadémiai Kiadó,Academic Publishing House,Akademiai Kiado,Akademiai Kiado Zrt
• Subject: Ability / Context / Corporate culture / Cultural heritage / Employees / Flemish / Government/Political systems / Human resource management / Human resources / Institutionalism / Leadership training / Management / Methods / Organizational culture / Politics and society / Private sector / Public sector / Society / Sociology of Culture / Stakeholders / Stockholders / Strategic planning (Business) / Studies / Talent management