The Impact of Talent Management on Employee Performance: The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction of Generation Y Management Trainees in the Selected Public Banks in Sri Lanka

Abstract

Development of talent pool is believed to be a source of competitive advantage in today's dynamic business organisations whereas the middle role of talent management has been emerging with the recognition of significance with its impact on desirable employee level outcomes. The present study aims to fill up the existing research gap by examining the impact of talent management on employee performance in the context of selected public banks in Sri Lanka specifying the generation Y management trainees. Also the study sheds light on the mediation role of job satisfaction with the talent management-employee performance link. Thus, the current study contributes to the literature in the field of talent management, employee performance and job satisfaction. The study was conducted on a sample of 180 generation Y management trainees opted randomly from a sample frame of public banks. The data was mainly analysed using the analytical software SPSS version 23 that provided more meaning and validated results. Further Hayes' PROCESS Macro v3.3 with SPSS was used to measure the mediation effect. The findings reveal that talent management has a significant positive impact over employee performance and job satisfaction. Also, it reveals a significant positive relationship between employee performance and job satisfaction. Importantly, job satisfaction has bridged the gap of talent managementemployee performance link through mediation. According to the findings of the study, it is proposed that adopting talent management is worthwhile as it leads to build a satisfied young generation and improved performance at work.

The Effect of Talent Management and Knowledge Management on Employee Performance with Job Satisfaction as Mediation in the Yogyakarta Special Region Government

“…The influence of Talent Management on Performance mediated by Job Satisfaction refers to the research of Wickramaaratchi & Perera (2020), this study reinforces the view on investing human capital that will result in better performance if organizations invest in Talent Management practices. Due to the service nature of the banking sector, customers are highly connected with employees at the bank in meeting their financial needs, so attention to skilled staff is a must to acquire or secure competitive progress that or is gained from the strength of employees.…”

“…Kustiadi & Marliyana (2021) found that Talent Management has no effect on the performance of civil servants, so civil servants must have talents with knowledge in order to continue to develop and can be managed by the company. Wickramaaratchi & Perera (2020) proves that better performance will be achieved if the organization invests in talent management practices, work satisfaction positively affects talent management on employee performance. Kardo et al (2020) also show that talent management has a positive and significant effect on employee performance, as well as knowledge management factors.…”

Peran Manajemen Bakat Dalam Meningkatkan Kepuasan Kerja dan Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Mediasi Person-Organisational Fit

“…Upaya stakeholder dalam mekanisme untuk mempengaruhi kepuasan kerja yaitu dengan cara memanfaatkan mananjemen bakat sebagai sarana untuk mengembangkan ketrampilan dan keahlian yang dibutuhkan oleh karyawan untuk kebutuhan organisasinya (Hamidi et al, 2014). Hubungan manajemen bakat dengan kepuasan kerja telah diteliti oleh praktisi akademis seperti (Lei et al, 2018;Wickramaaratchi, 2020), menyatakan bahwa manajemen bakat memiliki pengaruh signifikan positif terhadap kepuasan kerja, meskipun kepuasan kerja digunakan sebagai mediasinya. Survey lain juga menunjukkan bahwa kepuasan kerja memiliki hubungan positif dengan manajemen bakat karyawan dan kinerja karyawan (Soomro & Shah, 2019).…”

“…Studi terbaru telah mulai meneliti bagaimana mekanisme mediasi melalui praktik manajemen bakat yang menyebabkan hasil karyawan berbakat (Luna-Arocas et al, 2020;Wickramaaratchi, 2020). Namun sedikit empiris studi yang menggunakan peran mediasi antara hasil karyawan berbakat dengan P-O fit (Fatmasari, 2017;James Kwame Mensah, 2015;Masduki & Sopiyan, 2021;Ratnawati & Subudi, 2018).…”

Comparison Non-Parametric Machine Learning Algorithms for Prediction of Employee Talent

“…Although talent management has a strategic role in a modern organization, not much research has been done on the impact of talent management on employee performance with the mediating role of job satisfaction [18]. Other research shows that there is a close relationship between work-life balance, employee performance, and job satisfaction as well as work-life balance that can improve employee performance through employee job satisfaction [19].…”