Abstract:
The main purpose of the study is to determine the effect of talent management practices on research performance at Jimma University. The study specifically aimed at explaining the effect of talent attraction, talent recruitment, talent cultivation, and talent retention on research performance at Jimma University. The cross-sectional survey design was used and a stratified simple random sampling technique was employed to enable select the respondents from the nine strata (College) of Jimma University. The study population was 617 assistance professors and above of Jimma University. A sample size of 243 respondents was picked from the nine strata of the college of Jimma University. A self-administered questionnaire was used as the main source of primary data collection and the university’s periodical/website was the main source of secondary data. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. The correlation coefficient was used to test for the strength of the relationship between the dependent and the independent variables. Research findings were presented in form of graphs, tables, percentages, mean, frequencies, and standard deviations. The study found that talent management had a positive and significant effect on research performance. It is recommended that Jimma University should improve and emphasize its talent management practices; as doing so brings about greater research performance. The particular practices should include talent attraction, talent recruitment, talent cultivation, and talent retention
