The Opinions of Academics on The Implemantation of Talent Management at Some Turkish Universities

This study aimed to reveal opinions of academics on the implementation of talent management in five different dimensions which are attracting, deploying, developing, retaining talent and succession planning at three universities in İstanbul. The sample of the study comprised of 275 academics who were working in 11 faculties of the given universities. Data were collected through “Talent Management Scale”. Research results reveal that according to the academics, attracting dimension of talent management has been implemented in “some degree”,deploying talent, developing talent, retaining talent and succession planning dimensions have been implemented “rarely” in Universities. Results also show that academics’s opinions differ by type of university, academic title and type of faculty.