The Effect of Talent Management Practices on Employee Performance in Colleges of Education Ghana: The Mediating Role of Employee Competence

Abstract

The study examined the effect of talent management on the performance of teaching staff in colleges of education. Four colleges of education in the Western North region of Ghana were targeted. Employee competency was conceptualized as playing a mediating role. The structured questionnaire for the primary data gathering supported the quantitative approach adopted in the study. since the study is more on prediction and explanation, explanatory research design was used to conduct this empirical survey-based study. A response rate of 93.55% was recorded. Data analysis was based on 166 cases at the individual level of the unit of analysis. The multiple regression results prove talent management practices account for weak positive variance in employee performance among teaching staff in colleges of education. However, only employee competence partially mediates the predictive relation between talent management practices and employee performance. The human resource directorate of the colleges of education must continue to use talent-oriented HR practices if employee performance is to be improved in the future.