Troubling some assumptions: A response to 'The role of perceived organziational justice in shaping the outcomes of talent management: a research agenda'

摘要

This Commentary is a response to the paper by Gelens, Dries, Hofmans, & Pepermans in this\udSpecial Issue on the development of a theoretical framework for talent management. The authors'\udcentral argument and hypotheses remain essentially untroubled here as this Commentary instead problematizes a central assumption of their paper which is commonly taken for granted in the talent literature—i.e., that talent is in shortage. In addition, suggestions for theory development are given and a more critical approach to the assumptions upon which talent management is based is advocated.