Talent Management as Predictor of Employee Commitment of Deposit Money Banks in Port Harcourt.

Abstract

This study focused on the relationship between talent management and employee commitment of deposit money banks in Port Harcourt. The study adopted a cross sectional survey research design. Primary data was obtained using questionnaire as the research instrument. The study population was two hundred and five (209) of five deposit money banks in Port Harcourt. A sample size of 137 was determined using the Taro Yamane sample determination formula and the simple random sampling technique adopted. After data cleaning, only data for 124 respondents were suitable for data analysis. The internal reliability of the instrument was ascertained through the Crombach Alpha coefficient with all the items scoring above .70 bench mark set by Nunnally (1970). Spearman’s rank correlation was used for hypothesis testing. The study findings confirm that talent management significant predicted employee commitment in the sample of deposit money banks in Port Harcourt. The study concluded that cost leadership strategy bears a positive and significant influence on organizational performance. The study recommends that management of deposit money banks should develop policies that promote talent management which will in turn promote employee commitment.