THE MEDIATING ROLE OF INNOVATIVE WORK BEHAVIOUR BETWEEN TALENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN BANKS IN BATTIACLOA REGION

Abstract

Talent management is a crucial component of an organization's ability to effectively compete in the age of global competition by providing the talent resources that the organization needs. Thus, in difficult circumstances, an organization's ability to retain its competitive advantage depends significantly on the performance of its outstanding workforce. Hence, this study focuses on the effect of Talent Management Practices on Employee Performance with the mediating role of Innovative Work Behaviour. Thus, the study objectives are to identify the level of talent management practices, innovative work behaviour and employee performance in Banks in Batticaloa Region, to identify the relationship between talent management practices, employee performance and innovative work behaviour in Banks in Batticaloa Region, to identify the impact of talent management practices on employee performance and innovative work behaviour in Banks in Batticaloa Region and to identify whether innovative work behaviour mediates the relationship between talent management practices and employee performance in Banks in Batticaloa Region. For this purpose, the survey questionnaire was considered as a tool to get responses from 238 banking sector employees. In this study, the statistical tools that used to analyze the levels of variables are mean and SD values, while relationships were measured by Pearson coefficients and linear regressions for further mediation analyses. Moreover, the result shows significant positive associations among all the variables. Hence, this study helps all banking sector employees to understand the relationship between Talent Management Practices, Innovative Work Behaviour and Employee Performance to improve the organization performance and effectiveness.