Maria Rita Blanco

• Phd Business Administration
• Professor at Rey Juan Carlos University

Purpose – This paper aims to contribute to talent management literature by examining empirically the relationship between talent identification and development tools. Design/methodology/approach – The study sample consisted of 112 Argentina-based companies. All participants completed an online survey containing a list of identification and develop...

The deliberate identification of talent is a critical process in most organizations. Performance ratings and senior management recommendations are its main sources, revealing the importance of line managers in the process. Nevertheless, some managers do have a talent for talent spotting and little is known about their behaviours as effective talent...

Purpose This study investigates the influence of experience – organisational tenure, international experience and springboard role – upon Chief Executive Officers’ (CEOs) time to the top and the time taken by CEOs to reach that position. As work and careers are embedded in economic and institutional environments, although prior Western career studi...

Purpose – This empirical study aims to analyse the talent spotters’ perception of their tendency to be homophilic in the talent identification process and their stance on it. Besides, this article examines the type of homophily and the homophily attributes involved. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a qualitative design, 37 middle and senior l...

Due to the centrality of line managers’ role in the talent identification process, this qualitative study aims to determine what effective and non‐effective talent spotters do differently from one another in relation with an ‘ideal’ talent identification model offered by the literature. A double‐blind design was applied to the sample designated by...

The development of entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial initiatives is a significant factor for the economic and social progress of countries and is having a increasing interest in academic settings. The study was conducted on a sample of 337 Spanish university students from three fields of study (Education, Engineering, and Social Sciences). This w...

Given the unpredictability and complexity of the business environment -due to the Fourth Industrial Revolution and augmented by the COVID-19 pandemic-, employees are required to continually learn new skills and ways of working. Even though 20 years have passed since the coining of the learning agility (LA) construct, only one literature review has...

This paper aims to explore the Spanish Self-Initiated Expats’ (SIEs) motivations and factors involved in the choice of the host destination. Through an exploratory and qualitative study, drawing upon SIE literature on motivations and careers, 22 Spanish SIEs were interviewed in a semi-structured way. Most SIEs clearly detailed the line of reasoning...

Objetivo: Al ser los recorridos de carreras cada vez más idiosincráticos, la gestión de carrera individual constituye un aspecto clave del desarrollo profesional. Además, los millennials supondrán el 75 % de la fuerza laboral mundial. En consecuencia, este trabajo examina la percepción del proceso de planificación de carrera por parte de los millen...

Identification is a key step in the organizational talent management process. Even though evaluating potential through an objective approach, integrating multiple methods, is recommended, many organizations rely upon line manager nominations as their main sources of identification. Given their central role, this study analyses the line managers’ at...

Entrepreneurship contributes to the generation of employment and wealth, in recent decades it has been established as a solid research area, and its relationship with economic development is currently one of the main lines of research in social sciences. The objective of this work is to carry out a comparative study in the research fields of entrep...

El emprendimiento contribuye a la generación de empleo y riqueza, en las últimas décadas se ha establecido como un área de investigación sólida, y su relación con el desarrollo económico es actualmente de las principales líneas de investigación en ciencias sociales. El objetivo de este trabajo es realizar un estudio comparativo en los campos de inv...

Purpose Talent identification is a critical process of any Global Talent Management system, and little is known about it in Latin American multinationals (multilatinas). This study aims to understand, through the perceptions of Corporate Global Talent Managers, the talent identification strategy in place, the factors involved and the sources of the...

Purpose The career is a space where family and work lives amalgamate. The role of work for the individual, and the meaning of work within the culture, will determine the relevance of family. This study investigates CEOs' perception about conjugal family influence on career decisions, and it examines family factors. Design/methodology/approach Thro...

Purpose This article explores the influence of education and experience on the time to the top in family and non-family CEOs who work for Latin American family firms. Design/methodology/approach In order to achieve these objectives, this study draws upon human capital theory as well as career and family firm literature. The careers of 129 CEOs of...

This study investigates the influence of education (highest degree acquired, major field of study and awarding institutions) on the time taken by Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) to reach that position. For this purpose, we considered 169 CEOs of Latin American firms and employed multiple hierarchical regressions. The results do not support the infl...

Multilatinas are part of the emergent multinational enterprises that have arisen from Latin America. Even though these firms are becoming increasingly important in the global economy, little is known about their talent management strategies and practices. This article seeks to understand, through a qualitative approach, the way in which the talent...

The book extends coverage to two more regions in terms of emerging markets – Latin America and the Middle East. Elvira and Davila (2005) identified cultural, economic and business, and historical and social capital rationale for separating out Latin American countries in any analysis of HRM phenomena. Accordingly, we have included a chapter on Arge...

El objetivo del estudio es investigar los componentes de potencial y las herramientas de identificación utilizadas por las empresas de capital argentino y las filiales de Multinacionales- MNCs; components of potential; identification tools (MNCs) en el país

This article explores Latin American Chief Executive Officers' (CEOs') perceptions about the influence of career self-management practices and chance events on their career pathways. Through an edited topical life story approach, we investigate the relationship between those variables throughout CEO's career trajectories in the Latin American conte...