Talent Management Practices and Employee Performance in Higher Educational Institutions of Quetta City: The mediating role of Employee Creativity

Abstract

The Talent Management practice is hiring the right one, at right time at the right place with efficiency or effectiveness. As the success of every organization is directly related to the success of its employees, the purpose of this research was to investigate the direct effect of talent management practices on employee performance and the mediating effect of employee creativity between the relationship of talent management and employee performance. The faculty members of public and private higher educational institutions were taken as participants. Close-ended questionnaires were circulated among members and 290 responses were collected. To analyze the data Preacher Hayes’s macro process was used and mediation was performed by bootstrapping technique. Findings showed that talent management practices have a positive association with employee performance. Furthermore, it was found that employee creativity does mediate the relationship between talent management practices and employee performance. Based on these results, it can be concluded that innovative and talented mindsets enhance the growth and profitability of the organization and the firm utilize talented intellectual employee as an asset that assists the organization in gaining competitive edge.