An Empirical Model of University Talent Management - e-Book

In the first part, this book aims to present the state of the art about the Talent Management (TM) literature. In the second part, the description of the empirical model of the TM process adopted in a public organization is advanced; more precisely, the process took place within the University context – which is still considered to be an underexplored context. Since the enhancement of students’ employability was the ultimate goal of the implemented TM, the present work describes the operationalization of all the different phases of the TM process, alongside with the different methodologies used in each phase. Specifically, the talent development (TD) path adopted an experimental design focusing on the career management skills development. The reason behind this specific focus lies in the labor market explorative study results (undertaken to identify the definition of talent) which highlights how career management skills are to be considered crucial for students’ talent.