Jonathan V. Beaverstock

The Globalization of Executive Search

Professional Services Strategy and Dynamics in the Contemporary World

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Executive search, headhunting, is now one of the archetypal new knowledge intensive professional services, as well as a labor market intermediary bound up with globalization. In this book, the authors examine the key actors in the process of executive search globalization - leading global firms - and offer an interpretation of the forces producing the contemporary organizational strategies of global executive search. The Globalization of Executive Search documents the forms of institutional work that have legitimated the role of executive in elite labor markets and created demand for the services of global firms; this exposes not only the cha… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Faulconbridge, James R. / Hall, Sarah J. E.

ISBN: 978-1-317-67535-8
EAN: 9781317675358
Produktnummer: 17044616
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 266 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 1'285 KB
Abbildungen: 58 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 4 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 54 schwarz-weiße Tabellen

Über den Autor

Jonathan V. Beaverstock is Professor of International Management at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom. His research investigates the strategy of globalizing professional services firms, talent management and highly-skilled mobilities, and the competitiveness of financial centres. He publishes widely in business/management, economic geography, and migration and urban studies. James R. Faulconbridge is Professor of Transnational at Lancaster University Management School, United Kingdom. His research focuses on knowledge, learning and innovation; globalization and professional services; and, corporate mobility. He has published in leading journals, including: Journal of Economic Geography; Organization Studies, and Work, Employment and Society.Sarah J.E. Hall is Associate Professor and Reader of Economic Geography at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. Her research examines the circuits of knowledge, expertise and elites that shape the contemporary global service economy. Sarah has published widely in economic geography and sociology.