TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The key objective of the study is to understand the best processes that are currently used in managing talent in Australian higher education (AHE) and design a quantitative measurement of talent management processes (TMPs) for the higher education (HE) sector.Design/methodology/approach The three qualitative multi-method studies that are commonly used in empirical studies, namely, brainstorming, focus group discussions and semi-structured individual interviews were considered. Twenty-three individuals from six Australian universities participated in this study.Findings The qualitative study explored three key themes and ten subthemes of TMPs that are used in AHE. These were: (1) talent attraction, (2) talent development and (3) talent retention.Research limitations/implications This study only targeted one country (Australia) and one sector (HE).Practical implications This study offers three major contributions as follows: theoretical, practical and policy aspects. Theoretically, the study provides a value-add to Talent Management (TM) theory through designing a guide (conceptual model) of TMPs for the HE sector. Practically, it collects original qualitative data regarding TM in the HE domain. From a policy point of view, this study adds more debate around adding new ideas to Australian education strategic plans for HE.Originality/value This study has a unique methodology because of strengthening the effect of an in-depth case study. For instance, two different techniques were used for data analysis for the same research objective as follows: (1) both manual methods and content analysis software (NVivo 11) and (2) the three-stage approach. Using these techniques for the same purpose in one study can provide greater flexibility to examine the relationship between theory and data.
VL  - 12
IS  - 5
SN  - 2050-7003
DO  - 10.1108/JARHE-10-2018-0220
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-10-2018-0220
AU  - Mohammed Atheer Abdullah
AU  - Baig Abdul Hafeez
AU  - Gururajan Raj
PY  - 2020
Y1  - 2020/01/01
TI  - Proposal of a guide for talent evaluation and management based on a qualitative and three-staged approach: A case of the higher education sector
T2  - Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 1045
EP  - 1078
Y2  - 2024/05/12
ER  -