Talent management at doctoral level in English universities during the coronavirus pandemic

Martin, Lynn; Dabic, Marina and Lord, Gemma (2022). Talent management at doctoral level in English universities during the coronavirus pandemic. Thunderbird International Business Review (Early Access).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/tie.22269

Abstract

This article reports a longitudinal study exploring talent management, through narratives provided by a group of managers of doctoral programmes in eight UK universities during the 2020 coronavirus outbreak. These managers were also academics, researchers and doctoral supervisors and their perspectives were gathered before and during “lockdown,” and then into the subsequent confused period of semi-lockdown / second lockdown, as cases of Coronavirus increased again in late 2020. Changing socio-economic circumstances, together with the added pressures of family responsibilities, impacted on participants' perceptions of changing roles and relationships during the pandemic. Over 12 months, six semi-structured online interviews (each lasting between 50 and 120 minutes) were conducted, using available platforms, with intervening emails. The narratives showed both formal and informal “talent management methods” and emphasized the need to use both to attract and retain international students.

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• Item ORO ID
• 79880
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• Keywords
• talent management; universities; coronavirus; doctoral work; the United Kingdom
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Business and Law (FBL) > Business > Department for People and Organisations
  Faculty of Business and Law (FBL) > Business
  Faculty of Business and Law (FBL)
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• © 2022 The Authors
• Depositing User
• Gemma Lord