Talent Management; Its roleon competitiveness of public universities in Kenya

Abstract

It is generally accepted amongst management researchers that a sustainable competitive advantage comes from the internal qualities that are hard to imitate and Human capital is such a resource. The study sought to find out the role of talent management on competitiveness of public universities in Kenya. Stratified sampling was adopted to obtain a representative sample of the study which was made up of both the teaching and non teaching staff of the Public Universities in Kenya. A questionnaire that employed likert scale was used to collect data. Factor analysis revealed that all the 16 items used had a loading value above 0.4 as recommended hence they were all included in the analysis.The instrument was determined to be reliable since the data collected had a Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.942. Data analysis revealed a positive relationship R = 0.498 (p-value < 0.05) indicating a significant linear relationship between talent management and competitiveness.