Strategic Talent Management and University Performance: A Theoretical Perspective

Abstract

Purpose – Talent Management has become a topic of discuss in the area of strategic human resource management since its first appearance in the work of McKinsey & Company in the late 90s. It is important to the success of an organization, as it said to contribute to a competitive edge. The aim of this paper is to develop theoretical framework to show the effect and relationship of strategic talent management and university performance.

Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on extant literature on strategic talent management and university performance. The literatures were analyzed and synthesize from the concepts clarification to the relationship, and results are used to formulate a research framework.

Findings – literature on the strategic talent management are mostly conceptual review as the concept is relatively new. Nevertheless, some report positive relationship between talent management and organization performances in a profit oriented setup. In this paper, the authors suggest a framework to show the relationship between strategic talent management and university performance.

Originality/value – In the absence of evidence from previous studies to investigate the proposed relationship, this paper contributes to the study of strategic talent management and university performance by providing a theoretical framework, which can be used to further investigate empirically the effect and relationship between strategic talent management and performance in the context of university setup.

Keywords Talent, Strategic Talent Management, University Performance

Paper type Conceptual paper