Effect of Talent Management Educational Program on Nurse Managers Organizational Commitment

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Abstract Background: Talent management is increasingly discussed within the health service; institutions need to be more conscious of how and why talents should be identified and managed. Aim of study: measuring the effect of a talent management educational program on nurse managers’ organizational commitment. Subjects and methods: The study was conducted at Ain Shams University Hospitals using a quasi-experimental one group pre-posttest research design on a sample of 100 nurse managers. Data collection tools involved a self-administered questionnaire with the Talent Management and the Organizational Commitment questionnaires. A training program aimed at improving talent management among nurse managers was developed and implemented. Results: Nurse managers’ age ranged between 22 and 59 years, 53% with diploma degree. Only 51% had high total talent management at the pretest, which increased to 86% at the posttest (p<0.001); overall commitment improved from 78% in the pretest to 88% in the posttest. In multivariate analysis, the study intervention was a main significant positive predictor of nurse managers’ talent management score, and the total talent management score was a significant positive predictor of the emotional, continuance, normative, and total commitment scores. Conclusion and recommendations: The training program is effective in improving their talent management and consequently increasing their organizational commitment. The study recommends that talent management as a topic should be included in postgraduate nursing curricula, with training courses for nurse managers. The hospital administration should support such programs. Further research is proposed to investigate the effects of improving nurse managers’ talent management on staff nurses’ commitment, job satisfaction, and burnout.