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The macro talent management, decent work and national well-being nexus: a cross-country and panel data analysis

Alex Anlesinya (Department of Organisation and Human Resource Management, University of Ghana Business School, Accra, Ghana)
Kwesi Amponsah-Tawiah (Department of Organisation and Human Resource Management, University of Ghana Business School, Accra, Ghana)
Philip Kofi Adom (Department of Development Policy, School of Public Service and Governance, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Achimota, Ghana)
Obi Berko Obeng Damoah (Department of Organisation and Human Resource Management, University of Ghana Business School, Accra, Ghana)
Kwasi Dartey-Baah (Department of Organisation and Human Resource Management, University of Ghana Business School, Accra, Ghana)

International Journal of Manpower

ISSN: 0143-7720

Article publication date: 21 October 2020

Issue publication date: 8 July 2021

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Abstract

Purpose

There is a paucity of research on the causal relationships between talent management (TM), decent work and national well-being. Hence, this study examines the nexus between macro talent management (MTM) practices, decent work and national well-being.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors employed longitudinal data from 77 developing countries across the globe and also utilised panel data estimators and the bootstrapping mediation method for the analyses.

Findings

The results indicated that macro-level TM strategies can have a positive impact on decent work. Decent work also significantly improves national well-being (both subjective and economic well-being) over time as it shows a significant positive impact on change in national well-being measures. Furthermore, decent work serves as a mechanism that links MTM to improved national well-being at the macro level.

Practical implications

TM investments by governments can empower citizens to escape the tragedy of vulnerable and low-quality employment and well-being deficit as it has the potential to improve decent work and national well-being as enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Originality/value

Beyond the myopic organisational and managerialist view, the authors show that TM can have a positive spillover impact on people and the general society across time by enhancing decent work opportunities to improve both subjective and economic well-being of citizens in a country. Additionally, because decent work has psychosocial and economic dimensions, this study has revealed a complex and compelling conduit for translating the gains of macro-level TM strategies to improve national well-being. Moreover, it provides original empirical evidence to expand the limited longitudinal TM literature. Lastly, it adds to knowledge in the developing countries' context.

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Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to the editors of the journal for their support and the three anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments.

Citation

Anlesinya, A., Amponsah-Tawiah, K., Adom, P.K., Damoah, O.B.O. and Dartey-Baah, K. (2021), "The macro talent management, decent work and national well-being nexus: a cross-country and panel data analysis", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 42 No. 5, pp. 777-793. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-03-2020-0106

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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