Investigating the Status of the Components of Intra-Organizational Factors and Strategic Talent Management

Abstract

Internal factors can be both considered as an opportunity and as a constraint for the talent management process in organizations. The purpose of this article is to investigate the status of the components of intra-organizational factors and their relationship with strategic talent management by structural equation modeling approach. This research is descriptive of correlation type in terms of nature, and applied in terms of purpose, and survey in terms of method. The statistical population of the research is the managers and employees of Islamic Azad Universities of Sistan and Baluchestan province that 194 people were selected using stratified sampling method. In order to collect data, researcher-made questionnaires based on the study of literature and articles were prepared. The face and content validity of the questionnaires were confirmed based on the opinion of the subject experts. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the variables was also estimated to be higher than 0.7 which indicates the internal coordination of items and the confirmation of reliability. In order to analyze the data, one-sample t-test was used by applying SPSS software and structural equations modeling using PLS software. The results showed that the components of organizational structure, leadership style, organizational culture, individual abilities and motivators are at the desired level (higher than the measured average limit). There is a positive and significant relationship between the dimensions of intra-organizational factors and strategic talent management at a significance level of less than 0.05.