The notion of talent is an elusive concept but there appears to be sound evidence that both savants and experts share important qualities. Brief descriptive accounts of the talents displayed by savants are presented, along with a discussion of intelligence, implicit learning, and the organization of knowledge. Cognitive theories helpful in understanding exceptional abilities in people with auti...

In HRM, among the challenges for HR professionals is to manage an organization’s talents, especially to ensure the right person for the right job at the right time. Human talent prediction is an alternative to handle this issue. Due to that reason, classification and prediction in data mining which is commonly used in many areas can also be implemented to human talent. There are many classifica...

Most firms have no formal programs for anticipating and fulfilling talent needs, relying on an increasingly expensive pool of outside candidates that has been shrinking since it was created from the white-collar layoffs of the 1980s. But the advice these companies are getting to solve the problem--institute large-scale internal development programs--is equally ineffective. Internal development ...

This paper asks if "higher education as a signal" helps explaining the comovements between college enrollment rate and skill premium for younger workers in the US from 1973 to 2005. In my model a continuum of agents, heterogeneous in talent and initial wealth, make schooling and working decisions: work now or take up college first? When college is very expensive only the wealthy can afford it, ...

When does a specialized rather than a general education system result in superior labour market outcomes? This question is analyzed in an economy in which individuals differ in two ways: innate talent and how well informed they are about that talent. Some learn early on about which careers they are suited to while others become informed about their talents later in life. Firms value productivit...

In this article, we study the evaluation of talented early career researchers, as done in grant allocation processes. To better understand funding decisions, we studied the grant allocation process in more detail, and compared the notion of talent in grant allocation with more general notions of talent existing in the academic work environment. The comparison is based on interviews with 29 scho...

Introduction: Quality and knowledge-based human resources are the most important competitive advantage and the scarcest source in today's knowledge-based economy. Hence, the development of the capabilities, expertise, and commitment of well-trained employees is considered the most important management challenge in our time. The present study was conducted to investigate the role of Management S...