The effect of talent management practices on employee performance in Nigerian local governments
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2024-09-21
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Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, Sa'adu Zungur University Gadau, Bauchi State, Nigeria
Abstract
Effective talent management is vital for enhancing employees and organizational productivity,
performance and overall accomplishment. However, many organizations, particularly within
the Nigerian public sector, struggle to attract and retain their most talented and qualified
employees. This study intends to explore the effect of talent management practices (TMPs) on
employee performance in Ilorin-south Local Government of Kwara State, Nigeria. Data was
gathered from the Local Government Staff via a questionnaire, utilizing a stratified sampling
technique to get a sample size of 129 from a totality of 194, as established by Krejcie and
Morgan (1970). Regression analysis was utilized to analysis the projected hypotheses. The
findings signify that talent attraction (R² = 0.390; P-value < 0.005), talent development (R² =
0.423; P-value < 0.05), and talent retention (R² = 0.415; P-value < 0.005) all have significant
positive effects on employee’s performance. Therefore, the study concluded that talent
management is a fundamental human resource policy in organization that significantly
influences employee performance in the workplace. It is recommended that the management
and administrators of Ilorin-south Local Government should prioritize talent management
practices to enhance employee commitment and performance, thus increasing individual
contributions within the organization.
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Employee performance, local government, talent attraction, talent development, talent management, talent retention
Citation
Ameen, A., Abdulkareem, A. K., Umar, A. Y., & Ishola, A. A. (2024). The effect of talent management practices on employee performance in Nigerian local governments. International Journal of Intellectual Discourse, 7(3); 240-258. https://www.ijidjournal.org/index.php/ijid/issue/view/20