Identification and Validation of Talent Management Components in Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences

Talent Management is the strategic management of talent flow in an organization. Its purpose and purpose is to ensure the optimal supply of talents to match the right people with the right occupations at the right time based on the strategic goals of the organization.

The type of research is applied to the target and in terms of research method it is a mixture of qualitative and quantitative. In the qualitative stage, using semi-structured interviews among 17 experts of Ahwaz University of Medical Sciences through targeted sampling and according to the data saturation criterion, talent management components were identified and analyzed by content analysis. A stratified random sampling method was used for sampling. The sample size of 240 people was estimated using the Cochran formula.

Then, using a researcher-made questionnaire and using the structural equation modeling approach, after the content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by experts. And reliability of the questionnaire based on Cronbach's alpha coefficient 84. Was obtained. 107 codes were extracted from qualitative research data that were classified in five main categories. The quantitative findings also confirmed the structure of the talent management process, which involves identifying and identifying talent needs, attracting, developing potential capabilities, strategic use, and maintaining talent.

Finally, based on quantitative and qualitative research, a model for talent management process in Ahwaz University of Medical Sciences was proposed. Therefore, the talent management process has five dimensions, which are related to the University of Medical Sciences. By addressing these dimensions, an important and better step can be taken to manage talent in the University of Medical Sciences.