A Framework for Talent Management in Tourism Industry

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In the present world, individuals stand at the key ridge of competition and can promote probability of achievement to business goals. Successful organizations believe in a strategic priority for talent management. As employees compose a vital aspect of tourism services, it is vitally important to protect higher employees at servicing tasks. This qualitative research is intended to present a framework for talent management. Having reviewed the literature, the main aspects of talent management were identified through the directive content analysis of semi-structured interviews with higher managers and experts in Parsian tourism and entertainment centers who had been selected by purposive sampling. Finally, a framework containing the situational factors affecting talent management (internal and external factors), employing talented people (analysis of the requirements of the organization for talented and necessary human resource), survival (managing talent relation, performance management), enhancement (career management, substitution management), and talent treasury (vision and strategies).

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Journal of Research in Human Resources Management
Volume 8, Issue 3 - Serial Number 25
serial no.25
December 2016
Pages 1-29

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  • Receive Date: 03 July 2016
  • Revise Date: 04 December 2016
  • Accept Date: 04 January 2017

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