Karin A. King

PhD candidate in Management

Profile

Karin is a graduate researcher, guest lecturer and teacher in the LSE Department of Management. Karin’s professional background includes leadership roles in industry and in management consulting in the global energy and professional services sectors. Her experience includes senior roles in human resources, leadership development and management consulting. Karin 's research, teaching and consulting work is focused on international management, strategic talent management and leadership development. She advises clients on their talent strategy and people management practices, works with business to develop solutions to talent and workforce challenges and provides focused individual coaching to leaders.

Research interests

Karin’s research examines the alignment of talent strategy to business strategy and it’s contribution to  business performance. She examines the employee response to talent management and the “Talent Deal”. Specific current research interests and consulting work include industry talent requirements, talent management as a business-led activity, and how both next-generation and experienced leaders develop through career experiences.

Teaching & executive development

• Human Resource Management and Employment Relations
• Organisation Theory and Behaviour
• Leadership in Organisations
• Cross-Cultural Management
• Globalisation and HRM
• CEMS Global Management Practice
• Executive Development Workshops (For example: Making the Leap - Success Strategies for New Graduates Entering the Workplace; Career Development for Women; Talent Development & Coaching for Managers; Employee Engagement Essentials for Managers; Leadership Transitions for Executives on the Move; Talent For Energy- Challenges and Strategies)

Professional designations

• Certified Management Consultant (CMC)
• Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP)
• Fellow, Higher Education Academy, UK

Awards

• Teaching Award, Department of Management, LSE
• HR Excellence Award, HR Institute, Canada
• Best Paper, Talent Management, European Institute of Advanced Management Studies, Belgium
• Awards of Excellence 2016: Highly Commended Manuscript "Global Talent Management", Volume 3, Number 3. Emerald Literati Awards, Journal of Global Mobility. 

Recent Publications

• Global talent management: Introducing a strategic framework and multiple-actors model
• The talent deal and journey: Understanding how employees respond to talent identification over time

Recent Conference Presenations

• Creating Long-Term Value Through Global Talent Management: Insights from Research - Academy of Management 2015 (aom.org) 
• The Talent Deal: How employees respond to global talent management. -Academy of Management 2015 (aom.org) 
• Business Talent Challenges: Exploring Meaningful Solutions to Business Talent Challenges: Conversations with Management Guests - Academy of Management 2016 (aom.org) 
• The Talent Climate: Creating  space for talent development through a strong talent system - European Institute of Advancement Management Sciences, 2016 
• Implicit Talent Models: The influence of manager talent views and core self-evaluation on talent identification outcome quality: A quasi-experimental framework. - European Institute of Advancement Management Sciences, 2016