Talents' Learning and Development Impact on their Retention within the Companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina / Uticaj učenja i razvoja talenata na njihovo zadržavanje u ompanijama u Bosni i Hercegovini

Abstract

Nowadays companies have been facing arising modern world challenges, where rules employee's knowledge, high technology, digitalisation, expertise and innovation, what put demanding tasks for firms to invest more in talents' learning and development in order to master changes and sustain competitive advantage. The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of talented managers’ learning and development on their retention within the companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Methodology in this research article included an appropriate questionnaire on talents' training and education and talents' engagement, as the measure for talent retention. The results from this research showed that talented managers in Bosnia and Herzegovina attended mostly “on job trainings and educations through job instructions” and “external trainings through seminars”. Furthermore, it is discovered that talent training and education affect the factors of employee engagement, but it is not statistically significant for talent retention. The contribution of this study is in the first place to the existing theory on talents management, as well as to companies in developing countries to realise the importance of talents learning and development and the need for its customization to talents' uniqueness in order to increase talent retention.