TALENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN ROMANIAN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
TALENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN ROMANIAN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS

Author(s): Cristina MIRONESCU, MARIA VIORICA BEDRULE-GRIGORUȚĂ
Subject(s): Public Administration, Management and complex organizations, Human Resources in Economy
Published by: Editura Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi
Keywords: talent; talent management; practices; public institutions;
Summary/Abstract: The evolution of practice-oriented management scholarship turned its focus from the material subject-matter of scientific management to human resources. Emphasis on the key role of human capital in the process of organizational development grew together with technological progress, labor market global opening and migration towards better-paid jobs. The identification of talented human resources became increasingly difficult due to lack of clear and specific tools for measuring individual competences, and also due to current confusion in the literature in the field regarding the concepts of talent and talent management. Although there has been published a high number of research articles dealing with talent management, especially after 2010, their number is still low in Romania. This study aimed to identify talent management practices used in public institutions in three Romanian counties: Iasi, Bacau and Suceava by means of a qualitative study, in which, a structured interview was applied to human resource managers and experts, as well as to other specialists in such sectors as healthcare, education, culture and public administration. The collected data led us to the conclusion that extensive empirical research comprising a high number of public institutions in all sectors and regions of Romania is needed for establishing the need and usefulness of implementing talent management practices on a high scale.

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