Examining the effects of Talent Management or skills on enhancing employees’ performance in organisations Nwafor Benneth C. PhD, Hosein Piranfar (PhD) and John Aston (PhD), London School of Commerce-CMET, UK Online published on 7 October, 2019. Abstract Purpose The research aims to examine the effect of these five variables (predictors) (positive effect of talent management, negative effect of talent management/skills, effect of talent management on employees’ value and performance, effect in strengthening organisations performance and constraining information exchange) have statistically on performance in organisation. Design/Methodology/Approach Data was collected from 240 employees in 4 different organisations in Nigeria through structured questionnaires and self-administered Web-based survey was used to get the opinions of the employees on the effect of Talent management on employees’ performance in the organisations. SPSS package and multiple regression t-tests were used to analyse the study results. Findings The statistical result shows that these five criterion variables in talent management strongly affect employees’ performance and organisational performance. Apparently, management needs to focus on the positive effect of talent management strategies or skills as well as controlling dissimilarity, in order to manage (human resources skills) more effectively. The variables are found to be vital to employee performance and organisational performance. Practical Implications The research emphasizes the significance of talent management as an indicator of quality that improves employees’ performance. The diverse skills and background exposure enable employees’ ability to make good decisions and lead the organisation to increase in performance. Contributions The study contributes to the literature by first, providing support to theory of Talent management to employees’ performance, second, suggesting the values of skills diversity to organisation and how talent/skills management is central to organisational performance Top Keywords Talent management, employees’ performance, skills and significance of values. Top |