The effect of talent management on competency development in the context of public-sector universities K.P.K, Pakistan: The buffering role of organizational culture

In the 21st century, scholars have had a lot of debate about the penetration of talent management that’s lead to quality education and research in universities. Modern institutions are under a lot of pressure to change, stay competitive and scarcity of talent management in the context of non-western countries such as Pakistan. This has resulted in the emergence of talent management. The aim of this research was to assess the impact of talent management on the competency development in public universities of K.P.K Pakistan. In this research, distributed questionnaires were 475, in which 378 were the usable questionnaire, and 79.57% response rate were calculated for the required study. The results depicts that there is positive relationship among the variables. Regression analysis confirms that talent management has a significant impact on employee competency development. Moreover, the results obtained through multiple hierarchical regression showed that talent management has a positive and significant impact on competency development. Further, it was also confirmed that organizational culture has a insignificant moderating impact on the relationship of Competency development and talent management. The findings have significance for researchers and academics in terms of aligning talent management strategies with organizational strategic goals and developing employee engagement standards in order to overcome the challenges of implementing talent management techniques at public universities of K.P.K. Keywords: Talent management, Organizational culture, Competency development.