Effect of Talent Management on Organizational Performance in Companies Listed in Nairobi Securities Exchange in Kenya

Abstract

The study sought to determine the effect of talent management on organizational performance in companies listed in the Nairobi Security Exchange (NSE) in Kenya. The study specifically aimed at analyzing the effect of talent attraction, talent retention, learning and development and career management on organization performance in firms listed in NSE in Kenya. Cross-sectional survey designs was used and stratified simple random sampling technique was employed to enable select the respondents from the ten stratums of NSE listed companies. The study population was 534 top managers of NSE listed companies. A sample size of 224 respondents was picked from the ten stratum of the NSE listed companies. Questionnaires were the main instruments of data collection and the NSE handbook (2013) was the main source of the secondary data. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 22 .Correlation coefficient was used to test for the strength of the relationship between dependent and the independent variables .Research findings were presented in form of graphs, tables, mean, frequencies and charts. The study found that the talent management had positive and significant influence on organization performance. It is recommended that talent management practices should be emphasized as doing so brings about superior organizational performance. The particular practices should include talent attraction, talent retention, learning and development and career management.