TALENT MANAGEMENT AND COMPETENCIES: A CROSS COUNTRY STUDY OF MALAYSIAN AND VIETNAM SEMI-PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES

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Abstract

Talent Management has gained attention of researchers and practitioners in developing nations in recent years. There is a shortage of empirical driven research in the South East Asian region and recent reports alerting to a crisis emerging in the higher education sector. Little is known about talent management perceptions and behaviour of Academics in universities in the region. Four constructs were identified and analysed from the literature - talent identification, talent culture, talent competencies and talent development. Questionnaires were distributed to academics from 4 semi-private universities in Malaysia and Vietnam. The findings reveal that talent identification, talent development and talent management culture are the most important contributors to talent management competency for Academics across the samples. The findings also suggest that talent management competency levels for Academics are significantly higher when management have integrated HR systems that identify value, measure team and individual performance, assess and develop, give honest formal feedback and a culture of rewarding high performance. The implications of the study suggest that organizations which embark on a ‘one size fits all’ Talent management strategy that ignore these job related factors could eventually face further problems such as high staff turnover, poor morale and associated costs. The paper offers a unique talent management model to contribute and enhance academic’s intentions of careers in the South East Asian region and market segment.

Keywords: Talent Management Behaviour, Talent Management Perception, Semi-Private Universities, Talent Management Identification, Development, Culture Competency, Exploratory Factor Analysis, Talent Management In Developing Countries.

How to cite this paper: Annakis, J., & Esposto, A. (2016). Talent management and competencies: A cross country study of Malaysian and Vietnam semi-private universities. Corporate Ownership & Control, 13(4-2), 335-349. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv13i4c2p6