‘Digital Talent’—A New Breed of Talent Calling for a New Kind of Talent Management

Sorin Dan (), Diana Ivana (), Monica Zaharie (), Daniel Metz () and Mihaela Drăgan ()
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Sorin Dan: University of Vaasa InnoLab
Diana Ivana: Babeș-Bolyai University
Monica Zaharie: Babeș-Bolyai University
Daniel Metz: Babeș-Bolyai University
Mihaela Drăgan: Babeș-Bolyai University

Chapter Chapter 2 in Digital Talent Management, 2021, pp 9-28 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter sets up the conceptual foundation for the remaining chapters, by reviewing the literature on digital work as performed by information and communication technology professionals and managers and the literature on talent management that focuses on defining talent. It then provides an original conceptualization of digital talent that reflects the latter’s distinctive professional characteristics and unique personal attributes. It shows that two interlinked facets—a digital and a human one—best reflect the nature of digital talent and argues that a human-centered approach to conceptualizing and managing talent is required, going beyond the talent-as-object and talent-as-subject approaches found in the talent management literature. The chapter distinguishes between different groupings of digital talent depending on the range of actors and scope of activities considered, and ends with defining digital talent.

Keywords: Digital talent; Definition; Digital facet; Human facet; Human-centered digital talent management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-76750-1_2

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