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Talent becomes the most powerful source of competitive advantage in today's global business climate. Researchers, top management as well as HR experts have always brought up talent management and employees’ retention to discuss its significance. Thus, the aim of this research was to determine the relationship between talent management practices and employees’ retention among professional workers of Government-linked companies (GLC) in Malaysia. Two core talent management practices tested in this study were performance management and rewards and compensations. This study was a correlational research. A total number of 140 professional workers were identified from these GLCs and census sampling technique was applied. The questionnaires distributed personally to the respondents. Pearson Correlation was used to determine the relationship between variables and regression analysis method to test the hypothesis. Results indicated that both talent management practices have positive correlations on employees’ retention. However, multiple regressions analysis shows only performance management effect positively on employees’ retention. The limitations of the study include a small sample size, (N= 140) and was not longitudinal in nature and could be limited to generalizability to other samples. This study provides an in-depth understanding on the implementation of talent management practices in retaining talent among professional workers. This study proves the significance of talent management practices for GLCs by providing further insight for organizations on how to adapt their talent management practices and fitting in different industries as well. The future direction is proposed to expand the research diameter to further explore the different dimensions of talent management.
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To Cite this Article: Ebrahim, Z. B., Razak, N. A. A., Mustakim, N. A., Mokhtar, N., & Sauid, M. K. (2021). The Effect of Talent Management on Employees’ Retention: A Study Among Professional Workers of Government Linked Companies in Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(4), 675-684.
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