Purpose: This paper aims to review the talent management literature to identify ways in which organizations can practically and effectively improve talent retention. Design/methodology/approach: This paper defines talent and talent retention and explains why retaining talent is so important and...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to look into state ownership and political support as two factors that influence the process of internationalization of Russian MNEs. Design/methodology/approach: The authors observe the theory and empirical evidence behind the phenomenon. Findings: The...

In the process of investing and managing in former Soviet-bloc transition countries, Westerners are exposed to important gaps that must be bridged. Over the last fifteen years and partly through trial and error, CC has developed a comprehensive approach for planning, establishing and managing...

The article approaches the dynamics of the macro-micro between organizational environment and organization) in a dramatically changing command society. It is based on the empirical findings of a case study conducted by the author in Bulgaria in 1994. Kanter et al.'s organizational change model...

This article focuses on the phenomenon of political networking. It analyzes how such a necessity of socialist life and management as personal networking is utilized under the conditions of a transition to a market economy and democracy. The newly established political networks stretch from the...

Purpose: This paper examines Western multinational enterprises’ (MNEs) application of ethnocentrism in human resource management (HRM) practices utilised in their subsidiaries in Ghana. The practices examined include recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the literature on the relationship between international experience (IE) and cultural intelligence (CQ) development, and advocate for the utilization of theory to explain this relationship. Design/methodology/approach: On the basis of...