Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: We investigate the transfer of talent management knowledge to a Slovak manufacturing setting from a translation perspective. The translator is shown to be the key agent in the cross-national, cross-language knowledge transfer process, who not only provides linguistic translation but also provides cultural and political interpretation of key vocabularies. By drawing on different models of translation we show that (a) discourse and language cannot be separated in knowledge transfer interventions and (b) the translator is a key agent in shaping the transfer process by addressing the ‘discursive void’ that characterizes local experiences with, and knowledge about, talent management.
Authors: Susanne Tietze, Carole Tansley, Emil Helienek
Institutions: Keele University, Nottingham Trent University
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2605522809