TALENT MANAGEMENT AS CORRELATE OF EMPLOYEE PLACEMENT AND RETENTION IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH EAST NIGERIA

Abstract

This study talent as correlate of employee placement and retention in universities in South East Nigeria. Two research questions guided the study and two hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Correlational research design was employed for the study. The population consisted of 819 senior university non-teaching staff. A sample of 249 senior non-teaching staff of public universities in South-east Nigeria was used for the study. The 249 staff were sampled using proportionate stratified sampling technique.The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire divided into Sections A and B. Section A contains demographic information of respondents while Section B was categorized into nine clusters to cover the seven components of talent management, Employee placement and Employee Retention. The instruments were validated using the opinions of experts and their reliability coefficients were .88 and .93, these were realized using Cronbach alpha. Data collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMC) to answer the research questions and Multivariate Simple Linear Regression (MSLR) with Fisher-Z test to test the hypotheses. Data analysis revealed that talent management; compensation planning and career development correlate employee placement and retention. The result also revealed that the ownership of the universities (Federal or State) determined staff responses based on the two components discussed in this study. Based on the findings, the study recommended that the universities managements should provide adequate and appropriate compensation plans both in cash, materials and conducive atmosphere for staff; in service trainings to develop and channel the talents of staff towards the attainment of institutions goals.

Keywords. Talent management, employee placement and employee retention.