Coaction Interrupted: Logic Contestations in the Implementation of Inter‐organisational Collaboration around Talent Management in the Public Sector in Scotland

Grant, Kirsteen; Garavan, Thomas; Mackie, Robert

doi:10.1111/emre.12404

Coaction Interrupted: Logic Contestations in the Implementation of Inter‐organisational Collaboration around Talent Management in the Public Sector in Scotland

Grant, Kirsteen; Garavan, Thomas; Mackie, Robert

Authors

Dr Kirsteen Grant K.Grant@napier.ac.uk
Associate Professor

Thomas Garavan

Robert Mackie

Abstract

Our study explores how Human Resources (HR) actors from 24 public sector organisations in Scotland interpret and address multiple and competing institutional logics in the context of the implementation of an inter-organisational collaboration within the Public Sector to develop and implement talent management (TM). Our findings reveal that HR actors encountered day-to-day difficulties in blending different versions of TM, the need to have professional autonomy versus the requirement to develop some shared TM practices, and the fit of TM practices with public sector organisations. We therefore found that institutional logics impacted in different ways on efforts to collaborate and the types of TM practices developed and implemented. Theoretically, our study findings reveal that HR actors have agency at the practice level and that powerful actors can advocate particular logics to protect their professional and organisational interests.

Citation

Grant, K., Garavan, T., & Mackie, R. (2020). Coaction Interrupted: Logic Contestations in the Implementation of Inter‐organisational Collaboration around Talent Management in the Public Sector in Scotland. European Management Review, 17(4), 915-930. https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12404

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Apr 22, 2020
Online Publication Date	May 26, 2020
Publication Date	2020-12
Deposit Date	May 20, 2020
Publicly Available Date	May 27, 2022
Journal	European Management Review
Print ISSN	1740-4754
Electronic ISSN	1740-4762
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	17
Issue	4
Pages	915-930
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12404
Keywords	Talent management, inter-organisational collaboration, public sector, institutional logics
Public URL	http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2663595

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