O ambiente globalizado e em constantes mudanças, previsto por pesquisadores nas últimas décadas, passou a fazer parte do dia a dia das organizações. Nesse cenário de desenvolvimento tecnológico e surgimento da era da informação, a competividade se acirrou no ambiente corporativo. As organizações encontram-se diante do desafio de, com os recursos disponíveis, garantirem a vantagem competitiva diante de seus competidores, e as áreas de Recursos Humanos passam a ocupar uma posição estratégica para garantir a implementação de estratégias de negócios das organizações. Essas estratégias, normalmente, abrangem a utilização de empregados com qualidades diferenciadas em posições chave na organização, aqueles que podem ser chamados de \'talentos\'. Pesquisas de institutos e consultorias de renome apontam que uma das principais prioridades para os profissionais de RH é a Gestão de Talentos, com ênfase no desenvolvimento de políticas e práticas que visem à manutenção do empregado na organização, a sua retenção. Considerando esses aspectos, além dos altos custos envolvidos na saída e substituição de um empregado e questões como a escassez de mão de obra vivenciada no cenário nacional, esta dissertação buscou investigar a relação dos motivos que levam os empregados a permanecerem na organização, ou seja, seus fatores de retenção, e as características pessoais, profissionais e organizacionais destes empregados. A pesquisa contou com 121.532 respondentes, atuando em 407 organizações participantes de pesquisa pública que analisa a qualidade do ambiente de trabalho. No aspecto metodológico, foram desenvolvidas análises qualitativas e quantitativas para obter os fatores de retenção e verificar suas relações com as características dos empregados. Utilizou-se a técnica de Análise de Correspondência Múltipla para visualização do mapa perceptual das variáveis em estudo. Foram encontrados 13 fatores de retenção dos empregados, sendo que doze foram identificados anteriormente em estudo norte americano - Comprometimento Organizacional, Falta de Alternativas, Flexibilidade no Trabalho, Influências Não Relacionadas ao Trabalho, Investimentos, Justiça Organizacional, Localização, Oportunidades de Desenvolvimento, Prestígio Organizacional, Recompensas Extrínsecas, Relacionamentos e Satisfação com o Trabalho - e um fator foi incluído neste estudo - Estabilidade e Segurança. Os resultados mostraram associações entre os fatores de retenção e as variáveis das características dos empregados, sendo que algumas variáveis discriminam mais, como Escolaridade, Cargo e Faixa Etária, enquanto outras apresentam menor influência, como Gênero e Avaliação de Desempenho. / The globalized and rapidly changing environment, predicted by researchers in recent decades, has become part of everyday life of organizations. In this technological development scenario and rise of the information age, the competitiveness intensified in the corporate environment. Organizations are facing the challenge of, with the available resources, ensure the competitive advantage over its competitors and the Human Resources come to occupy a strategic position to ensure the implementation of business strategies of organizations. These strategies typically include the use of employees with unique qualities in key positions in the organization, those who can be called \'talent\'. Researches from renowned institutes and consultancies indicate that a top priority for HR professionals is Talent Management, with emphasis on the development of policies and practices aimed at maintaining the employee in the organization, their retention. Considering these aspects, in addition to high costs involved in releasing and replacing an employee and issues such as the shortage of labor force experienced in the national scenario, this dissertation investigates the relationship of the reasons that lead employees to remain in the organization, that is their retention factors, and personal, professional and organizational characteristics of these employees. The survey involved a sample of 121532 respondents, working in 407 organizations participating in public research that analyzes the quality of the work environment. Considering the methodological aspect, qualitative and quantitative analyzes were performed to obtain the retention factors and verify its relations with the characteristics of employees. It was used the technique of Multiple Correspondence Analysis to display the perceptual map of the study variables. 13 employee retention factors were found, twelve were identified previously in North American study - Organizational Commitment, Lack of Alternatives, Flexibility at Work, Nonwork Influences, Investments, Organizational Justice, Location, Development Opportunities, Organizational Prestige , Extrinsic Rewards, Relationships and Job Satisfaction - and a factor was included in this study - Stability and Security. The results showed associations between retention factors and variables of the characteristics of employees, some of which variables discriminate more like Education, Job and Age, while others have less influence, as Gender and Performance Evaluation.

Thesis (MTech (Human Resource Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017. / The successful implementation of any integrated talent management approach is important when embarking on succession planning to mitigate the risk of institutional knowledge being lost or for that matter, the loss of staff with critical and scarce skills occupying key positions. The integrated talent management approach is intended to manage, develop and retain skilled and experienced personnel identified as successors who should be ready to occupy targeted key positions in the event the current incumbents vacated due to retirement or through voluntary or involuntary exit from the municipality at any stage during the employee life cycle. The successful management of successors to key positions during the employee life cycle is highly dependent on the effective management of the succession planning process and system. The metropolitan municipality at the focus of this study has not delivered on a successfully implemented succession planning process and system to support the management and retention of staff and institutional knowledge in key critical and scarce skills and leadership positions. The aim of this study is to investigate and confirm the need for the integration of succession planning practices in an integrated talent management approach. This study applied a multidisciplinary theoretical review of current literature within the fields of talent management, public management, organisational psychology and business survey research at national and international levels. The selection of only one municipality supports a case study design in that it allows for an analysis of specific circumstances and a situation as experienced with regard to succession planning in a local government municipality. The researcher explored a triangulation mixed methods research approach and in such an instance, qualitative and a quantitative research are completed at the same time with equal weighting and with the idea of bringing the results of the two types of research together to validate the research questions posed. The qualitative research approach involved unstructured (in-depth) interviews conducted with eight Devolved Human Resources Managers (DHRM’s) responsible for HR Management within the municipality’s functional areas / departments. A survey technique in the format of a self-administered questionnaire was also used as a quantitative research approach to draw input from a sample group. The researcher, in consultation with a statistician, selected non-probability sampling. The questionnaire provided quantitative data to reflect the view of managerial, as well as non-managerial staff. The quantitative data collected was analysed using suitable descriptive and inferential statistical analyses. The qualitative data was recorded through unstructured interviews. The quantitative data was data integration correlated with the qualitative data. The results of the quantitative research were analysed and key factors identified for further interpretation. The results of the qualitative research were described with key themes emerging. The outcomes of both research approaches were consolidated and a linkage with the research objectives established in a tabulated format. New results emerged, confirming the integration of the outcomes by using the mixed method methodology. Congruent and non-congruent data across the qualitative and quantitative dimensions were identified.

This essay ventilates the relatively new phenomenon employer branding. Due to societal changes, such as demographical and financial changes, the labour market in Sweden has changed. It is evident that an increasing number of organisations need to put more of an effort in their methods of attracting talent and retaining competence within the organisation. By a case study based on five interviews, the purpose of the study was to compare literature and practice to see how well they compare as well as how employer branding bring about different aspects of the effect. There was also an ambition to highlight aspects of employer branding considered important to have in mind when undertaking an employer branding exercise. The results reveal several themes and aspects of employer branding, among which one finds individual development, the importance of communication and the importance of cooperation.

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of Millennials' beliefs and attitudes and how that will affect their conception of the employer-employee psychological contract. This analysis should provide a greater understanding of how the childhoods of Millennials have affected their attitudes for life and career aspirations. Further, it explores retention strategies for workplace culture, management style, and growth and advancement.

The overall topics within the research are Human Capital and Leadership and my aim has been to examine two knowledge-intensive companies and scrutinize in what way these companies practise leadership. The purpose has among other things been to examine which challenges arises when manage/lead the employees within knowledge-intensive companies, how the knowledge-intensive companies can develop and retain their employees and which needs and requirements exists regarding leadership within these. The empirical data has been collected through interviews, both personal interviews and telephone interviews; therefore, I have interviewed one manager and seven employees from two knowledge-intensive companies. The companies which have been scrutinized are two knowledge-intensive companies; accordingly two case studies have been conducted. The thesis partly consists of two cases and these two companies will be presented within the appendix of the thesis. Besides, the introduction chapter, the methodology chapter, the chapter which is called the Frame of Reference and a conclusion chapter, a fourth chapter consists of the empirical study, analysis and renderings. The empirical study is presented in a flowing text connected with the analysis and renderings.   My aim has also been to study literature and theory regarding knowledge-intensive companies since knowledge-intensive companies constitute a major part of my study. Moreover, the organisational structure called adhocracy has been examined as Alvesson (1995) portray, that it is a characteristic of knowledge-intensive companies and which seems to play a big role for how leadership is executed within these. Knowledge Management, Human Resources Management, Human Capital Management, Talent Management and some criticism towards Talent Management are four concepts as well as one important part regarding critique towards one of the concepts that has been scrutinized. Why I have chosen to write about these concepts is because I think these are suitable for my study regarding knowledge-intensive companies and leadership. Another concept that has been examined is whether there is a new trend within leadership according to what some authors promote. I have examined the issue and I have made a comparison between my collected empirical material and the studied theory. A figure that I have used is the figure illustrated at page 18, by Alvesson (2000) and by implementing the figure a comprehension and illustration can be set forth based on where the examined knowledge-intensive companies turn out to be positioned.   A fifth chapter contains the conclusions and the empirical findings reveal that a knowledge-intensive company might encounter varying challenges as well as I state which leadership style is convenient within knowledge-intensive companies. The concepts of Knowledge Management, Human Resource Management, Human Capital Management and Talent Management are utilized within knowledge-intensive companies as the employees within these are rather autonomous. Social features as well as the outcome of knowledge-intensive companies are reflected, to sum up.            Knowledge-intensive companies are considerable in our society today as Seo et al. (2011) explain. Thus, I think it is crucial for potential leaders as today’s leaders and managers to gain an insight in what way leadership is practised within knowledge-intensive companies as these companies are composed of or made up by an immense part Human Capital. I, as well as many other people, hold competencies in the form of for example experiences and education and although these are valuable resources for a company, especially for a knowledge-intensive company, these companies can never own this kind of resources. This is consequently a fundamental issue within companies. Hence, my thesis aim is to support people with deep knowledge and interesting aspects regarding the research question, consequently I have endeavoured at creating a valuable thesis which can be of significance for me and for others. I want individuals to gain a deep knowledge and thereby enhance their knowledge about knowledge-intensive companies and leadership within these by reading my thesis, as I have.

Thesis (MComm)--Stellenbosch University, 2011. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study stems from an urgent need to understand which factors contribute to nurse practitioners’ intention to quit, and consequently what organisations can do to retain these practitioners. There is increased pressure on the healthcare sector, more specifically nursing, due to a severe shortage in this discipline. These shortages are not an isolated phenomenon, but influence the private as well as public sector worldwide, as well as in South Africa. A multitude of factors contribute to the fact that nursing is a scarce skill worldwide. Some factors are controllable, others not. By isolating the controllable factors, organisations and managers can be equipped to put action plans in place to decrease the impact of this crisis. Processes and action plans to enlarge the nursing pool, and also to retain the current workforce, can contribute to overcoming this challenge. There is proof that the implementation of a structured talent management programme can contribute to overcoming this challenge. Line managers and their competence regarding the management of personnel play a key role in such a talent management programme. This study has as its objective to re-evaluate an existing talent management competency model for line managers, and to propose additional variables that can influence organisational outcomes like job satisfaction, organisational commitment and turnover intention. By understanding which line manager competencies influence organisational outcomes, and the manner in which they influence these outcomes, line managers as well as organisations can be equipped to formulate processes and programmes that can contribute to the retention of a scarce skill, and importantly, also minimise the impact of a worldwide crisis. The results of the study indicated that the operationalisation of the talent management competencies failed. The originally proposed model consequently had to be reduced by deleting all talent management latent variables from the model. Poor model fit was obtained for the reduced model. Modifications were, however, made to the reduced model based on modification index suggestions derived from the data. The modified model showed good fit and support was obtained for all the paths in the modified model. Crossvalidation of the modified model was recommended. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie spruit uit ‘n dringende behoefte om te verstaan watter faktore daartoe bydra dat verpleegkundiges die voorneme ontwikkel om ‘n organisasie te verlaat, en gevolglik wat organisasies kan doen om verpleegkundiges wel te behou. Toenemende druk word in die gesondheidsorgsektor ervaar, meer spesifiek op verpleging, weens ernstige tekorte in hierdie dissipline. Hierdie tekorte is nie ‘n geïsoleerde verskynsel nie, maar raak die privaatsektor sowel as die publieke sektor wêreldwyd, sowel as Suid-Afrika. ‘n Veelvoud van faktore dra daartoe by dat verpleegkunde ‘n skaars vaardigheid wêreldwyd is. Sekere faktore is beheerbaar, ander nie. Deur die beheerbare faktore te isoleer, kan organisasies en bestuurders aksieplanne in plek stel om die impak van hierdie krisis te verminder. Prosesse en aksieplanne om byvoorbeeld die verplegingpoel te vergroot, en ook om die huidige werksmag te behou, kan bydra tot die oorbrugging van hierdie uitdaging. Daar is bewyse dat die implementering van ‘n gestruktureerde talentbestuurprogram kan bydra om hierdie uitdaging te oorkom. ‘n Sleutelrol in so ‘n talentbestuurprogram, is die lynbestuurder en sy/haar bevoegdheid ten opsigte van die bestuur van personeel. Hierdie studie het ten doel om ‘n bestaande talentbestuurmodel vir lynbestuurders te her-evalueer en addisionele veranderlikes voor te stel wat organisasie-uitkomste soos werkstevredenheid, organisasie-verbondenheid en voorneme om te bedank beïnvloed. Deur te verstaan watter lynbestuurbevoegdhede organisasie-uitkomste beïnvloed en die wyse waarop hierdie bevoegdhede op hierdie uitkomste inwerk, kan lynbestuurders, sowel as organisasies, toegerus word om prosesse en programme te formuleer. Hierdie programme kan ‘n bydra lewer tot die behoud van ‘n skaars vaardigheid, en sodoende die impak van ‘n wêreldwye krisis minimaliseer. Die resultate van die studie het aangetoon dat die operasionalisering van die talentbestuurbevoegdhede onsuksesvol was. Die oorspronklik voorgestelde model moes gevolglik gereduseer word deur die talentbestuur-latente veranderlikes uit die model te verwyder. Swak modelpassing is vir die gereduseerde model bevind. Wysigings is egter aan die gereduseerde model aangebring gebaseer op modifikasie-indeksvoorstelle afgelei uit die data. Die gewysigde model het goeie passing getoon en steun is vir al die bane in die gewysigde model gevind. Kruisvalidasie van die gewysigde gereduseerde model is aanbeveel.

In the era of globalization and rapid change, talent management (TM) is becoming an increasingly important topic, since it sets direction for companies and the whole economies in general towards success and development. Exploring the phenomenon on the organizational or meso level, talent management techniques are implemented by organizations to attract, develop, engage, keep and deploy employees who are believed to be particularly valuable to them. By utilizing talents in a proper way, companies can increase their efficiency, add value to their brand credibility, and contribute to diversity of their corporate culture. For these reasons, top managers and HR professionals widely consider talent management to be one of their key priorities and invest largely in it. Companies that refuse to employ talent management techniques risk losing their competitive advantage, their market share and consequently their profitability. More than that, such companies remain unattractive to talented experts and cannot boast prominent financial results. This thesis gives a lot of insight into the current state of affairs concerning talent management in Russia and looks into possible problems that can arise in regard to the process of its implementation in Russian context. We found the issue of talent management in Russia to be under-researched at the moment, thus, we decided to make a contribution to the study of the concept. We carried out our research through a multi-level perspective because we are positive that there is a strong interplay between different contexts regarding talent management implementation in Russia. The obtained empirical findings have provided us with the knowledge that there is a number of obstacles hindering development of TM in Russia. More than that, we found that the approach to TM fully depends on the origin of a company.

Med vår studie Vad motiverar till att pendla? syftar vi till att undersöka vad som attraherar och motiverar anställda till att pendla. Statistik visar på att det kommer bli svårare att hitta den kompetens företagen vill ha för att anställa. Det beror bland annat på att det i Sverige kommer att ske stora pensionsavgångar och de efterkommande generationer förmår framledes inte att kunna fylla behovet av medarbetare som kommer att uppstå. Många företag specialiseras, teknologiseras samt utvecklas på andra vis vilket kräver en högre grad av kompetens och utbildning. Det i sin tur gör att företagen kommer att konkurrera om samma kompetenser. Därför blir det allt viktigare att kunna attrahera den personal som det finns behov av, var än företaget är stationerat. Företagen måste hitta fungerande strategier för att kunna attrahera potentiella medarbetare som är beredda på att endera pendla eller flytta för att anställas.   Genom intervjuerna har vi undersökt vad som motiverar de anställda till att pendla till arbetet, i samband med det så undersökte vi även om respondenterna ansåg att det var en hållbar lösning att på sikt pendla en längre sträcka. Teorier som vi använt i studien behandlar motivation och vad som motiverar till arbete. Pendlande arbetskraft behandlar vad som gör att människor pendlar, vad som påverkar individer och samhället i övrigt av pendlingen. I arbetet med kompetensförsörjning beskrivs hur företag kan arbeta för att få ett bättre utgångsläge vid rekrytering eller för att behålla personal.   Resultatet som framkommit visar att det som motiverar och attraherar till att pendla skiljer sig mellan tjänstemän och kollektivanställda. Tjänstemännen vill bland annat att arbetsuppgifterna skall vara utmanande, utvecklande och betydelsefulla. De ser inget hinder i att resa till arbetet, de väljer bil för att få så lite tidsbortfall som möjligt och de ser i vissa fall till att i sin lön kompenseras för vad det kostar att pendla. Resultaten på varför de kollektivanställda pendlar är att de arbetar för en inkomst och arbetstryggheten som ger livet en stabilitet. De tycker inte i de flesta fall att arbetsuppgifterna i sig är det viktigaste, utan att arbetskamraterna har en större betydelse för trivseln på arbetet.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-02T21:42:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcelo de Souza Bispo.pdf: 299283 bytes, checksum: e6735b8ab1c82a3c48e2693803fddd68 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-03-05 / The thesis will regard the management of human talent into organizations. The main goal of this study was to assess from a managerial point of view, the talents within the organizations and the best way to take lead of it. The research involves an exploratory qualitative study, divided into bibliographic research and field researches, through interviews with company managers and directors with the view of understanding the talent management process in the companies analyzed. The most relevant outcome taken from the research indicated the need to humanize the companies in order to extract the real talent from the people.(AU) / O presente trabalho aborda a questão da Gestão de Talentos humanos nas organizações, o principal objetivo do trabalho foi pesquisar através da perspectiva dos gestores o que são os talentos nas organizações e a melhor maneira de gerenciá-los. A pesquisa trata-se de um estudo exploratório qualitativo dividido em pesquisa bibliográfica e estudo de campo por meio de entrevistas com líderes de empresas (gerentes e diretores) com o intuito de entender o processo da gestão de talentos nas organizações estudadas. Os principais resultados da pesquisa apontam a necessidade de humanizar o ambiente de trabalho para obter o real talento das pessoas.(AU)

Background - In pace with increased work-related stress and the difficulty in attracting and retaining skilled staff, companies find new ways to rationalize the organization. Working-time reduction is one of these strategies in connection to an effective employer branding attribute. Purpose - The aim is to examine the rationale behind the six-hour workday and how it is used as an employer branding strategy. Additionally, the aim is to examine the advantages and disadvantages of the six-hour workday as an employer branding strategy as well as the future prospects. Method - This study has applied a qualitative method with an inductive approach and a multiple case study. Six semi-structured interviews were performed with five case companies and an additional interview was conducted with a consultancy firm. Conclusion - Organizations choose the six-hour workday because of work-life balance and well-being for employees. Also, the findings show that employers adopt the six-hour for the purpose of attracting and retaining staff. Advantages include happier staff, increased productivity and efficiency. A major disadvantage is the lost hours because of working-time reduction. The empirical findings indicate that the six-hour workday is suited in every organization, however, adjustments might be necessary.