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SOF TALENT PROFILES: HOW TO LEVERAGE PERFORMANCE DATA FOR QUALITATIVE TALENT MANAGEMENT
Special Operations Forces (SOF) face a talent retention problem. They currently retain significantly less than their optimal officer manning after their O-3 Key Development positions. One of the main challenges is an impersonal talent management system. SOF organizations collect large amounts of …
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Studies of talent markets
… studies of labor markets where differences in talent are associated with very large differences in income. The unifying theoretical feature is the view that the analysis of such labor markets should take into account the scarcity of jobs, which is a natural consequence of the combination of …
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‘Talent’ Mentalities: Young People’s Experience of Being in a Sports Talent Development Programme
… decisions that affect them. Previous research on talent development in sport has however failed to recognise the voice of the young person or regard the participant as an autonomous agent. This study employed phenomenological enquiry to focus on the conditions of lived reality to afford the young …
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Foreign Talent and Its Discontents: A Psychoanalytical reading of the foreign talent issue in Singapore
The Foreign Talent policy in Singapore has been a source of discontentment since its inception. There are various reasons given for the discontentment and disapproval of the policy, behind all of which lies something else. Through the application of psychoanalytical tools, one could make sense of …
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Essays on innovation, productivity, and talent allocation
… three essays on innovation, productivity, and talent allocation. The first essay explores a novel channel through which short-term economic fluctuations affect the long-term innovative output of the economy: innovators' accumulation of human capital. Using a newly constructed data set on the …
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Physiological assessment in talent identification within Australian football
Predicting long-term success in talented athletes at an early age requires a multi-factorial, longitudinal approach that combines both scientific observations and intuitive judgements in the identification process. Traditionally, the measurement of physiological characteristics in the team sport …
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Assessing the Efficacy of the Talent Search Program
… study assessed the efficacy of one TRIO program, Talent Search. This study compared the postsecondary enrollment of Talent Search participants and non participants. The comparison was conducted on a sample of 284 low-income college ready seniors from three south central Kentucky high schools. …
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Challenge and trauma on the talent development pathway
… players as they negotiated challenge along the talent pathway. Reflecting the chronological order of progression of players on their talent pathway, Chapter 4 explored the pre-academy experiences of fifteen young team sports players through semi-structured interviews. Results showed that young …
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Examining the psychobehavioural features of effective talent development
… there is an obvious need to develop sporting talent in an efficacious and efficient manner. However, despite their widespread adoption, many talent development systems suffer from poor predicative validity, with a lack of supporting empirical evidence. This thesis sought to identify the key …
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Tradition and the original talent of Theodore Roethke
<p>When I turned to study the modern poets a few years ago, Theodore Roethke's voice rang most clearly and most convincingly. The poet's untimely death in 1963 made his canon complete; by then Roethke had been awarded most of the major poetry prizes offered in this country, and it seemed likely …
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Mobile phone-based evaluation of talent tuberculosis infection
The tuberculin skin test (TST) is the most widely used method for detecting latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI) in adults and active TB disease in children. This work presents the development of a screening tool to detect LTBI's, which works in conjunction with the TST and serves as an …
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Exploring alternative values: the Cape Town talent exchange
The Cape Town Talent Exchange (CTTE) is a Community Exchange System operating locally in Cape Town, while allowing national and global exchanges to take place. Trading activity occurs between members of the community through an alternative currency, Talents. There are numerous incentives driving …
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Link between sustainability and talent management in international companies /
The concepts of sustainability and talent management have undergone changes over time, becoming more intertwined and interconnected. Sustainable talent management has emerged as a concept that emphasizes utilizing talent management practices to enhance both competitive advantage and sustainability …
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Attributional beliefs in music learning: 'talent' or hard work?
Attributional beliefs of three distinct groups regarding the sources of musical skill—hard work or innate/internal -- were explored through two separate studies. Subjects for the pilot study consisted of thirty-seven private university music majors compared with adult chancel choir members, while …
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The value of talent management architectures to multinational companies
… of two groups of strategic actors (HR and talent leaders as system designers and business leaders as system implementers) in multinational companies (MNCs). Moreover, to contribute to the knowledge and understanding of how multinational organisations think about and define Talent Management …
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Understanding talent attraction: perceived attractiveness of financial reward elements
… applicable in South Africa where the shortage of talent is a largely due to the exodus of scarce skills (human capital) as there are often more lucrative opportunities overseas. Therefore attractive financial rewards or inducements are needed to attract talent in South Africa.
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Systemic Issues with US Army Talent Management and Retention
… Management Act of 1947 standardized the talent management of officers across all the DoD services and implemented an “up or out” system that incentivized top-performing officers for promotion while removing officers from service who did not possess the potential to serve at the next …
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Retaining Talent during Organisational Change: A Case Study on the perceptions of the effectiveness of Leadership and Talent Management in Tata Steel UK
… perceive the effectiveness of leadership and talent management (TM) initiatives during a significant organisational restructure. The study aims to identify key factors influencing talent retention, assess the importance of leadership styles and TM on employee retention, and formulate …
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