<p>China’s economy is experiencing the most tremendous growth in the world. Many MNCs come to China mainly expecting cost-reduction and new market.  But these MNCs face a shortage of talents in China. Thus, the MNCs search the ways to develop the talents by themselves and retain qualified talents. But not all Western retention and development tools can be applied to Chinese employees.</p><p>Thus the main question company has to answer in China is “How to retain and develop Chinese talents?” So in our study we intend to answer on this question and realize which tools MNC can use for retention and development of Chinese employees, and in what way it should adjust them with the cultural characteristics of Chinese employees.</p><p>In order to achieve it, we conducted our research using different methodologies (literatures, case studies, interviews) to find the answer about effective retention and development of Chinese employees.</p>

Hur nådde jag elitnivå? Början av studien kommer beröra områden som barns utveckling och talangbegreppet som jag anser vara viktiga delar att veta om för att kunna genomföra studien. Syftet med studien var att ta reda på hur svenska ishockeyspelare beskriver att de tog klivet för att etablera sig på elitnivå. I resultatdelen kommer spelarna själva berätta inom de olika kategorierna hur deras karriärer har sett ut, hur de har tränat och vilket stöd de haft från sin familj. För spelarnas utveckling har miljön spelat mycket stor roll och familjen har varit mycket stöttande. De har alla gått ishockeygymnasium där träningen koncentrerats och blivit mer målmedveten. / How I reached the elite level? The beginning of the study will touch on areas such as child development and talent concept that I believe are important aspects to know about in order to conduct the study. The purpose of this study was to find out how Swedish ice hockey players describe that they took the step to establish itself at the elite level. The results section will tell the players themselves in the various categories of how their careers have been like, how they've trained and what support they had from his family. For the players' development, the environment has played a very important role and the family has been very supportive. They have all gone hockey school where the training focused and become more purposeful.

China’s economy is experiencing the most tremendous growth in the world. Many MNCs come to China mainly expecting cost-reduction and new market.  But these MNCs face a shortage of talents in China. Thus, the MNCs search the ways to develop the talents by themselves and retain qualified talents. But not all Western retention and development tools can be applied to Chinese employees. Thus the main question company has to answer in China is “How to retain and develop Chinese talents?” So in our study we intend to answer on this question and realize which tools MNC can use for retention and development of Chinese employees, and in what way it should adjust them with the cultural characteristics of Chinese employees. In order to achieve it, we conducted our research using different methodologies (literatures, case studies, interviews) to find the answer about effective retention and development of Chinese employees.

The study’s purpose was to describe a handball ATDE (Athletic Talent Development Environment) in the south of Sweden and to examine and derive the success factors of the ATDE, and within this context explore the motivational climate and autonomy support as perceived by members of the ATDE. The study is based on three theories: the Holistic ecological approach, Self Determination theory and Achievement Goal theory. The study’s participants all represented a club in the south of Sweden and consisted of players in the age of 15-19, the club manager, coaches and parents. The study was conducted through semi-structured interviews, observations and analysis of documents surrounding the club's vision and training/match policies. A total of seven interviews with four players, two coaches and the manager were conducted. Five observations at a minimum of 90 minutes gave the authors a broader view of the ATDE. An analysis of content and a triangulation with the supervisor were conducted in order to interpret the empirical data. The study revealed that the club is under re-organization, and its enthusiasm to evolve and become even better. The study found the ATDE to have a mastery oriented and autonomy supportive climate which in many ways contributed to the successful features of the ATDE. The study confirms earlier research regarding ATDE success factors as well as connections between SDT and AGT. The results also provide a deeper understanding of how successful factors, relationships, motivational climate and the autonomy support in an ATDE, affects young handball player’s motivation to evolve and reach their full potential. Implications with a basis in the theories used are presented.

The purpose of this study is to investigate factors which can influence the emergence of high musical ability during the developmental process of musical talent achievement, comparing students in Seoul (Korea) and those in Sydney (Australia). The main focuses of the investigation concern the comparison of musical giftedness demonstrated in early childhood, the developmental process, and various factors, such as the environmental and intrapersonal, which can affect the emergence of talent, especially in those of different cultural backgrounds. For this purpose, Gagn????s Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent (DMGT, Gagn??, 2003) was adopted as an analytical tool for the present study, in particular for empirical research. A total number of 137 students and 88 parents participated in this research. Student participants consisted of two groups: young musicians aged below 10 who show high musical achievements; and teenage students who are musically superior. All students completed a questionnaire, and their parents also completed a questionnaire. Data showed some significant differences between students in the two countries. Three research instruments are employed based on Harnischmacher (1997). SCI (the Self-Concept Scale of Instrumental Abilities), GOP (Goal Orientation of Practice) and EAD (External Action Distraction) were included in the student questionnaire in order to examine intrapersonal catalysts (motivation) which can affect the developmental process of musical talent. A significant difference was found in SCI between countries. Self-concept of student groups in Sydney was significantly higher than that of students in Seoul among all age groups concerning musical abilities. However, there were no significant differences in GOP and EAD between students in Seoul and Sydney. Other differences emerged concerning the role of parents, expenditure on music lessons, time spent on practice, and environmental factors. In particular, cultural milieu was revealed as one of important environmental factors in the present study.

Psychosocial factors are the interrelated psychological, social and/or behavioural considerations that can influence talent development in football (Holt & Dunn, 2004). Despite this, the significant growth of female football worldwide, and the psychosocial challenges faced by female athletes during adolescence, scant scholarly attention has been afforded to the role of psychosocial factors in the development of talented female football players. Therefore the main aim of this thesis was to understand psychosocial factors associated with talent development in UK female football players. Study one systematically reviewed the literature on psychosocial factors associated with talent development in soccer. Following an extensive literature searching, selecting and appraisal process, three overarching themes of psychological, social and behavioural factors associated with talent development in soccer - underpinned by a total of 33 subthemes were created. The appraised literature has a moderate-to-high risk of reporting bias; had a significant bias towards adolescent, Caucasian, male, able-bodied, and European soccer players; and extant literature has demonstrated bias towards quantitative approaches and retrospective data collection methods. Consequently, study two began to address these reported biases by longitudinally and prospectively investigating the developmental experiences of English elite female youth soccer players. Through interviews, fieldwork and the use of composite sequence analysis, study two forwarded the importance of psychosocial considerations including the interaction between players and key social agents (soccer fathers, soccer brothers, soccer peers and non- soccer peers), elements of self-regulation and volitional behaviours, and the subsequent developmental benefits for their soccer careers. However, this study did not address the experiences of those who were unsuccessful in their attempts to achieve an elite female soccer career, nor did it collect primary data from other key social agents. Building on the critique of study two, study three sought to adopt an underutilised approach of negative case analysis by examining the experiences of players who had been unsuccessful in their attempts to forge a career in female soccer. Based on interviews former female players, their best friends, coaches and teachers, a grounded theory of talent and career development in UK female youth soccer players was produced. The theory posited that interactions with multiple social agents can affect the quality of talent development and learning environment that a player experiences, which can lead to adaptive player level benefits and changes (e.g., basic psychological need satisfaction; development of pertinent intra-individual constructs; optimal match preparation and training behaviours) and create a greater chance of career success. Study three also forwarded important culturally significant considerations for practitioners working with UK female soccer players, such as an understanding of dual career demands and the impact of role strain on female players. However, study three did not test any of the theoretical predictions offered by the grounded theory. Owing to the need to test predictions of grounded theories to assess their predictive validity, study four sought to test key predictions using a representative sample of English talented and elite adolescent female soccer players (N=137). As a result of the limited structural stability of the Basic Needs Satisfaction in Sport Scale and the Talent Development Environment Questionnaire (as demonstrated by significant cross loading of items, high bivariate correlations between subscales, and one example of an inadequate Cronbach s alpha), data was parcelled and the revised path hypothesis: perceptions of talent development environment > basic psychological needs satisfaction > career aspirations and beliefs > career intentions was produced. Path analysis supported the hypothesis. Supporting findings of studies two and three, regression analysis demonstrated that playing level positively predicted career beliefs, aspirations and intentions; whereas age negatively predicted these variables. Finally, TDEQ results indicated a perception that UK female soccer players that they can be written off before having the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Overall, this thesis has provided original and unique contributions to the sport psychology literature by enlightening the body of research to the developmental experiences of English female youth soccer players. It provides a developmental understanding scarcely evident in existing talent development literature. The interactional roles of multiple social agents have been elucidated and linked to psychosocial development, behavioural outcomes and talent and career progression within talented female players. The thesis has extended previous approaches to talent development in soccer by testing the predictions of the grounded theory. Initial evidence suggests that the proffered grounded theory is robust; however further research utilising structurally sound and ecologically valid measures would serve to further validate these claims.

Article 12 of The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child grants each young person the right to express their view, have their opinion considered and have their say in decisions that affect them. Previous research on talent development in sport has however failed to recognise the voice of the young person or regard the participant as an autonomous agent. This study employed phenomenological enquiry to focus on the conditions of lived reality to afford the young person the opportunity to convey their unique experience. The aim of the research was to employ a participatory approach to explore the essence of young people's conscious experience of Talent Development Programmes in sport. My co-collaborators were eight young people aged between 13 and 17, (two females: netball and gymnastics, and six males: rugby 3, discus, angling, and badminton), who all attended the same school and were all members of a Sports National Governing Body Talent Development Programme. Over twelve months each participant utilised their individual preference to communicate depictions of self, drawing upon interview, conversation, Twitter, video, photo and observation of training and performance. Results were presented in the form of individual vignettes generated from researcher and participant interaction and constructed according to hermeneutical interpretation. Young people’s stories reveal the essence of talent development through the experience of uncertainty and endeavour; talent development experience teaches young people to self-present in response to perceived injustice; and individual progress is characterised by self-regulation and the pursuit of personal empowerment. The research demonstrates that when young people are involved in active decision making about their learning and their lives they feel better respected and understood. Academics and practitioners must now accept a responsibility to engage with the unique lived experience of the young person’s reality to find better ways to listen to the young person’s voice to support their talent development experience in sport.

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Os objetivos do estudo foram a) examinar a dinâmica do desempenho técnico (DT) em jogos reduzidos (JR) de jovens jogadores de futebol em um período de tempo de 14,5 meses, e b) verificar a influência das características antropométricas e de desempenho físico no DT. Os dados de 30 jogadores, considerados de nível elite, da categoria Sub14 (14,3 ± 0,3 anos, 170,5 ± 6,2 cm, 59,6 ± 6,2 kg) foram retidos para análise. Em 4 momentos distintos (M1, M2, M3, M4) de 1 temporada competitiva, foram filmados 16 JR e realizadas medidas antropométricas e testes físicos (Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test Level 1, corrida de 10m e 30m, saltos verticais [com e sem contramovimento]). Cada jogador participou em um JR em cada momento de coleta. A quantificação de ações de DT foi realizada através da análise notacional; foi registrado todo tipo de ação em que fosse observada uma clara tentativa de intervir sobre a trajetória da bola. Escores para cada ação originaram-se da frequência de ocorrência. Foram atribuídos escores para envolvimento total (ET), envolvimento com bola (EB), desempenho defensivo total (DDT) e envolvimento ofensivo total (EOT). Uma ANOVA de medidas repetidas foi utilizada para examinar as alterações nas medidas antropométricas e de desempenho físico ao longo dos 4 momentos. Para examinar as alterações nas variáveis de DT foi adotada análise inferencial baseada na magnitude do efeito (tamanho do efeito = TE); considerando como mínima alteração prática importante: TE >= 0,20. Para verificar a influência do nível de desempenho físico no DT, os jogadores foram divididos em \"maior\" e \"menor\" nível de desempenho no Yo-Yo IR1. Uma análise discriminante foi utilizada para examinar diferenças entre grupos, para ET, DDT e EOT. Medidas de estatura e massa corporal também foram incluídas no modelo. Diferenças significantes (aumento) foram observadas ao longo do estudo para as medidas de desempenho no salto vertical sem e com contramovimento (F = 6,75; p = 0,003; F = 31,1; p = 0,001, respectivamente) e no Yo-Yo IR1 (F = 29,5; p = 0,001), assim como para estatura (F = 43,4; p = 0,01) e massa corporal (F = 28,6; p = 0,01). Adicionalmente, os resultados mostraram uma \"possível\" diminuição nos valores de frequência de DDT (M1 vs. M3, e M2 vs M3). Em oposição, observou-se um \"possível\" aumento nas ações de DDT, de M3 para M4. Para o EOT, foram \"possíveis\" as reduções de M1 para M2 e de M1 para M4. Para EB, comparando os momentos M3 e M4, observou-se diminuição \"muito possível\". Uma \"possível\" redução de M1 para M2 e M1 para M4, para ET, também foi observada. Os resultados da análise discriminante demonstraram que o grupo com maior desempenho no Yo-Yo IR1 (capacidade de realizar esforços intermitentes de alta intensidade) apresentava o maior número de ações para DDT em M1 (vs grupo menor desempenho no Yo-Yo IR1 [Wilks\' lambda = 0,77; p = 0,03]). Este resultado não foi observado para os demais momentos do estudo (valores de Wilks\' lambda variaram entre 0,82 e 0,99; p > 0,05) / The objectives of the study were a) examining the dynamic of the Technical Performance (TP) of young soccer players in small-sided-games (SSG) in a 14,5-month period, and b) verify the influence of the anthropometric characteristics and the physical performance on the TP. The data of 30 players, considered of elite level, from the U-14 category (average and standard deviation: 14,3 ± 0,3 years, 170,5 ± 6,2 cm, 5,9 ± 6,2 kg), were kept for analysis. In 4 different moments (M1, M2, M3, M4) of one competitive season, 16 SSG were filmed, and in the same period, anthropometric measures and physical tests performance were collected (Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test Level 1, 10m and 30m sprint, vertical jumps [with and without countermovement]). Each player participated in one SSG in each collection moment. The TP actions quantification was executed through notational analysis; it was registered all type of action on which a clear attempt to intervene the ball\'s trajectory could be observed. The scores for each action originated from the frequency of occurrence. Scores were attributed to Total Involvement (TI), Ball Involvement (BI), Total Defensive Performance (TDP) and Total Offensive Involvement (TOI). A repeated-measures ANOVA was used to examine changes in physical and anthropometric measures during the 4 assessment moments. To examine the changes in the variables of TP, the inferential analysis based on the magnitude of the effect was adopted (effect\'s size = ES); considering as minimum practical important alteration: ES >= 0,2. To verify the influence of the physical performance level on the TP, the players were divided into \"higher\" and \"lower\" performance levels in the Yo-Yo IR1. A discriminant analysis was used to examine differences among groups, to TI, TDP and TOI. Measurements of height and body mass were also included. Significant differences (increase) were observed throughout the study for the performance measures in the vertical jump with and without countermovement (F = 6,75; p = 0,003; F = 31,1; p = 0,001, respectively), Yo-Yo IR1 (F = 29,5; p = 0,001), stature (F = 43,4; p = 0,01) and body mass (F = 28,6; p = 0,01). Furthermore, the results show a \"possible\" decrease in TDP frequency values (M1 vs. M3, and M2 vs M3). In contrast, a \"possible\" increase in TDP actions was observed, from M3 to M4. For the TOI, the reductions from M1 to M2 and M1 to M4 were considered \"possible\". Concerning the BI, comparing moments M3 and M4, a \"very possible\" decrease was observed. For the TI, a \"possible difference\" with reduction of M1 to M2 and M1 to M4, was also observed. The results of the discriminant analysis showed that the group with higher performance in the Yo-Yo IR1 (ability to perform intermittent high-intensity efforts) presented the highest number of actions for TDP during M1 (vs lowest performance group in the Yo-Yo IR1 (Wilks\' lambda = 0,77; p = 0,03)). This result was not observed for the other moments of the study (Wilks\' lambda values varied between 0,82 and 0,99; p > 0,05)

<p>The purpose of this study is to <a>understand</a> achieving and underachieving honors students’ perceptions and experiences of their talent development process. Students currently enrolled in the Honors College <a>at</a> research-intensive public university in the Midwest participated in this study. Gagné’s Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent (DMGT, Gagné, 2009) was used as a conceptual framework with a sequential explanatory mixed methods research design. In the quantitative phase, the Academic Talent Development Factor Survey was redeveloped to measure honors students’ perceptions and experiences of their academic talent development in terms of four components of DMGT: gifts, intrapersonal catalysts, environmental catalysts, and developmental process. A total of 174 honors students were assigned to two groups: achieving (<i>n</i> = 143) and underachieving (<i>n</i> = 31) groups. The redeveloped survey showed an acceptable model fit but should be improved to accomplish reasonable reliability and validity. The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE, 2011) was used to determine whether honors students with underachievement are less exposed to good practices for undergraduate education (Chickering & Gamson, 1999) than their peers who maintain high academic performance. </p> <p>In the quantitative phase, discriminant analysis and chi-square test results did not yield appreciable differences in pre-college characteristics including gender, ethnicity, and SAT/ACT scores between two groups. In terms of four components of DMGT, discriminant analysis results revealed that developmental process, environmental catalysts, intrapersonal catalysts were statistically significant factors to determine differences between achieving and underachieving honors students in this study. Additionally, discriminant analysis results indicated that achieving and underachieving honors students showed high level of exposure to good practices. The differences between two groups were significant with good practices including (a) faculty interest in teaching and student development, (b) quality of non-classroom interaction with faculty, (c) academic challenge and effort, and (d) challenging classes and high faculty expectations. </p> <p> In the qualitative phase, in-depth interviews were conducted to investigate similar and different patterns between achieving and underachieving honors students. Interview data from eleven achieving students, four underachieving students, and three honors advisors/staff were analyzed. From the student interviews, four composite textural themes and four composite structural themes were identified. From the interviews with staff/advisors, four composite textural themes and four composite structural themes were identified. Qualitative analysis results supported the findings from the quantitative phase and provided detailed picture of participants’ perceptions and experiences. Both achieving and underachieving students confirmed their natural ability but understood the importance of effort, task commitment. Honors students in the achieving group showed clear purpose of being honors students, focused on benefits, and anticipated opportunities in their academic talent development in the honors college Underachieving honors students did not share the same expectations. Honors students in the underachieving group viewed benefits as either unimportant or as additional work. Since few studies exist related specifically to the talent development process of honors students, this study adds to the literature and understanding of underachievement in honors college.</p>