Talented employees' identification in public organization in Saudi Arabia

Authors

  • Muteb Ahmed Alamri Ministry of Education, Saudi Arabia Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.68099/ijabms.2016.261

Keywords:

talented employees, talent, talent management

Abstract

This research aims at investigating talented employee identification in public organization in the context of Saudi Arabia. In order to achieve the research aim, the researcher has conducted semi- structured interview with 18 human resource managers in public organizations. Following the analysing the result, this paper demonstrates that public originations need to improve its system and policies regarding talented employee identification.

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2016-12-15

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Talented employees’ identification in public organization in Saudi Arabia. (2016). International Journal of Applied Business and Management Studies, 1(1), 59-66. https://doi.org/10.68099/ijabms.2016.261