The Mediating Role of Employee Emotional Intelligence Between Talent Management Practices and Organizational Commitment

Talent management has drawn significant consideration across the globe. However, talent management has remained underexplored in developing business sectors, especially, in the banking area. This exploration expects to fill the gap by investigating TM practices in the banking area of the developing country Pakistan. This study was conducted in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Pakistan in private banking sector. For this study quantitative research methodology was used. The main purpose of this study was to examine the direct relationship amongst TM activities and organizational commitment. While, mediating role of employee emotional intelligence was also examined amongst TM Practices & organizational commitment. For sampling Taro Yamane formula was used to choose the total sample size of 341 employees who were working as managers, supervisors, senior officers and officers. For measurement already adopted instruments were used. The Cronbach's alpha value of TM practices (.956), organizational commitment (.880), and emotional intelligence (.906) determine strong reliability. The study finding indicated that there is positive significant relationship amongst TM practices and organizational commitment, while, emotional intelligence partially mediate the relationship between these two variables. So, if Talent management practices are properly implemented, it will increase organizational commitment & employee’s emotional intelligence amongst various categories of employees. Furthermore, this study also add possibly valued implications for theory, practice, and future research.