Talent Management Café: Exploring Priorities for Future Research in Macro Talent Management

Macro Talent Management (MTM), a stream of research emerging within the field of scholarly Talent Management (TM) literature, has been described as the talent systems which exist nationally and globally (Khilji, Tarique & Schuler 2015) at the macro level. Micro talent management, the management of talent which takes place at the firm level, is heavily influenced by the macro talent context, process and conditions. Adopting a nested systems approach (King & Vaiman 2018), scholars have argued that the interaction of the micro-macro talent systems creates both strategic opportunity and potential risks or constraints to the effectiveness of firm-level strategic management of human capital through talent management (King & Vaiman 2019). Scholars have argued that MTM offers opportunities for increased management agency in leveraging talent as a strategic human capital resource (King & Vaiman 2019). Management effectiveness can be supported through deeper understanding as to how the micro-macro systems interact and thereby what levers are available and have utility for management to employ in seeking to optimize talent management at the firm level, existing within one or more macro talent contexts in which the firm operates nationally and globally. To develop the macro level talent management literature, further research is needed. Consistent with this year’s Academy Meeting theme – Putting the Worker Front and Center – this presenter symposium considers the talent which is at the heart of business performance, innovation, and advantage through presenting compelling views as to what we know about macro talent management and where future research offers potential to address some of the most compelling questions in this topic. This symposium brings together leading scholars in macro talent management for a series of presentations which raise questions of key priority to the development of knowledge in the MTM field followed by informal and interactive Café-style roundtable discussions which will sharpen our focus on priorities towards advancing research in MTM. Talent Management Café: Exploring Priorities for Future Research in Macro Talent Management Author: Shaista Ehsan Khilji; George Washington U. Author: Karin A. King; London School of Economics Author: Ibraiz Tarique; Pace U. - Lubin School of Bus Author: Vlad Vaiman; California Lutheran U.