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Who is talent? Implications of talent definitions for talent management practice

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|Jan 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18559/ebr.2022.4.7 | Journal eISSN: 2450-0097 | Journal ISSN: 2392-1641
Language: English
Page range: 136 - 162
Submitted on: Sep 15, 2022
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Published on: Jan 11, 2023
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