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Academic talent: Perceived challenges to talent management in the South African higher education sector

Musakuro, Rhodrick, Nyasha and de Klerk, Frances (2021) Academic talent: Perceived challenges to talent management in the South African higher education sector. South African Journal of Human Resources Management, 19. pp. 1-13. ISSN 1683-7584

Item Type: Article

Abstract

Orientation: Talent management is one of the most important and key strategic issues facing managers in the South African (SA) higher education sector.
Research purpose: The study aimed to establish talent management challenges at one selected SA public higher education institution (HEI) which offers contact tuition in the
Western Cape.
Motivation for the study: Emerging trends show talent management has since presented unique sets of challenges in the SA higher education sector. SA needs to attract and retain
academic talent to reach target levels of education and skills development and also ensure tertiary institutions accomplish their visions and missions.
Research approach/design and method: We conducted the study using the interpretivist research paradigm. Semi-structured interviews were applied to a purposive sample of 7
human resource (HR) professionals from one selected HEI in the Western Cape. Content analysis was used for data analysis.
Main findings: We established that workforce planning, compensation and rewards, training
and development, succession planning, recruitment, selection, and performance management were negatively affecting the talent management practices of the selected HEI.
Practical/managerial implications: HR professionals can use the study findings as a basis for understanding talent management challenges in a selected HEI and what causes these challenges.
Contribution/value-add: The study establishes an insight into the talent management challenges of a selected HEI and provides reasons for what causes them. It also made
several recommendations to the institution in order to solve the talent management challenges.
Keywords: higher education institutions; talent; talent attraction; talent retention; talent management; South Africa.

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Item ID: 17043
Identification Number: a1394
ISSN: 1683-7584
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/17043
Official URL: https://sajhrm.co.za/index.php/sajhrm/article/view...

Users with ORCIDS

ORCID for Rhodrick, Nyasha Musakuro: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3787-3580
ORCID for Frances de Klerk: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3764-8743

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Date Deposited: 28 Nov 2023 10:43
Last Modified: 28 Nov 2023 10:43

Contributors

Author: Rhodrick, Nyasha Musakuro ORCID iD
Author: Frances de Klerk ORCID iD

Subjects

Business and Management > Human Resource Management
Business and Management

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