Abstract
The challenges associated with managing talent on a global scale are greater than those faced by organisations operating on a domestic scale. We believe that the former relate to the fact that a number of key myths regarding talent management may undermine talent management's contribution to multinational corporation effectiveness and retard the development of management practice in this regard. Our aim is to unpack some of those myths and offer some suggestions for advancing the practice of talent management on the basis of insights from both practice and academic thinking in this area.
Acknowledgements
We thank the participants of the Global HR Seminars on Global Talent Management organised by Copenhagen Business School and Confederation of Danish Industries in December 2010. We are especially grateful to Maria Pejter and A.P. Møller-Mærsk for inspiration and support.
Notes
1. The authors undertook this search in March 2012.