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 management –
employee 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.
