Global talent management during the COVID‐19 pandemic? The Gods must be crazy!

Abstract

The ongoing COVID‐19 pandemic has brought terrifying effects for labor markets all around the world. Just as we witness rapid changes in terms of the ways of working (working from home), we are also observing an increase in unemployment. The ways in which major corporations with international operations process their global talent management (GTM) already represents a challenge in relatively stable times and clearly, in a period of such great and sustained turbulence as current experienced, this task becomes still more difficult. Hence, our research aims to study the impact of GTM on the international performance of major companies during the COVID‐19 pandemic period. To this end, we surveyed a sample of 59 large companies that act in external markets. Through recourse to multiple linear regressions, we conclude that GTM practices return positive impacts on levels of international performance. Our research returns theoretical implications in terms of the application of integrated GTM models and with the results of significant relevance to corporations operating internationally, and thus enabling them to better understand which strategic human resource management policies will return the best GTM results.

COVID‐19 pandemic, vaccine nationalism and counterfeit products: Discourse and emerging research themes

“…The analysis yielded several important contributions to theory and practice. Theoretically, prior scholarly efforts neither theoretically nor empirically have sought to elucidate and differentiate the divergent global vaccine distribution strategies during the pandemic (e.g., Fernandes et al, 2022 ; Santos et al, 2021 ). In addressing this lacuna in our understanding, the study developed a conceptual model of the approaches and provide deep insights into this issue.…”

“…First, in contrast with much of prior scholarly works on the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., Fernandes, Veiga, Lobo & Raposo, 2022;Santos, Oliveira, Ratten, Tavares & Tavares, 2021), this study conceptualizes global vaccine distribution strategies into three competing perspectives (i.e., "vaccine nationalism," vaccine diplomacy, and global initiative), which provide not only deeper understanding of the current approaches but offer clarity in the current discourse on vaccines in the wake of COVID-19. Moreover, this study further contributes to current discourse on the COVID-19 pandemic (Callaghan et al, 2021;Durizzo, Asiedu, Van der Merwe, Van Niekerk, & Günther, 2021;Dhanani & Franz, 2021;Park & Chung, 2021;Latkin, Dayton, Yi, Konstantopoulos, & Boodram, 2021;Sheng et al, 2021) by integrating COVID-19 insights to advance a novel business and public policy research agenda with the aim of meeting some of the new global challenges.…”

Effect of Workplace Diversity on Organisational Performance in Selected Private Universities in Southwestern Nigeria

“…In a university, research is often a key component of academic responsibilities. Task performance in research entails conducting high-quality research, publishing scholarly articles, and contributing to the academic knowledge base (Fernandes et al, 2023). The ability to secure research funding and collaborate with peers in the research community is also a crucial aspect.…”

Global talent management in the “new normal”—Editors' special issue introduction

“…The first article in this special issue is by Fernandes, Veiga, Lobo, and Raposo (2023). The authors study the impact of global talent management (GTM) on the international performance of MNEs during the COVID-19 pandemic.…”