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 Volume 9, Issue 3 (March 2022), Pages: 46-55

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: The impact of talent management practices on employees’ satisfaction and commitment in the Saudi Arabian oil and gas industry

 Author(s): Amal Alanazi *

 Affiliation(s):

 Brunel Business School, Brunel University, London, UK

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2679-5337

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2022.03.006

 Abstract:

This study investigates the impact of talent management practices in Saudi Arabian oil and gas organizations and assesses their impact on talent management outcomes including employees' satisfaction and commitment. Although talent management is a new concept for increasing employee on employees' satisfaction and commitment, it is rapidly becoming of great value for academics and managers. The literature review identified the gaps in TM literature; prompting the development of a framework for understanding the relationship between TM, its outcomes. A cross-sectional online-based survey was conducted with employees from major oil and gas organizations, achieving a total sample of 417 participants. Results have indicated various issues such as the need to adopt formal approaches for identifying the talent and lack of opportunities for development that exist in TM practices. Furthermore, the majority of the participants reflected poor satisfaction levels, and a lack of strong commitment was observed among the young employees. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that poor TM practices adopted in Saudi Arabian oil and gas industries in a few instances, especially in relation to talent development and retention by creating a supportive environment through transformational leadership. 

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Talent management, Talent retention, Attraction, Identification, Development

 Article History: Received 1 October 2021, Received in revised form 24 December 2021, Accepted 4 January 2022

 Acknowledgment 

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Alanazi A (2022). The impact of talent management practices on employees’ satisfaction and commitment in the Saudi Arabian oil and gas industry. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 9(3): 46-55

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