Relationship Between Talent Management And Employee Retention In Commercial Banks In Kenya

Abstract

This study was motivated by the need to fill this gap in knowledge as far as the relationship between talent management and employee retention in the banking industry is concerned. The objective of the study was to determine the relationship between Talent Management and Employee Retention in the Kenyan commercial banking industry. The target population was the 43 Commercial Banks operating in Kenya. The primary data was collected using selfadministered questionnaires completed by the Human Resource Officers. A total of 25 respondents filled and returned the questionnaires out of the 43 distributed. From the findings most of the banks were locally owned with a staff population of more than 100. Most of the respondents were male with work experience of more than ten years. Using Pearson’s correlation analysis, it was found that there is a strong positive relationship between Talent Management and Employee Retention and therefore management must give more attention to talented staff in order to retain their services in the long term.