Connecting Talent Management and Employees’ Retention: A mediating Role of Organizational Justice
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the nature of association between talent management and employee’s retention in hospital of District Dera Ismail Khan KP, Pakistan to generate empirical findings.  Survey was design to collect data and to test study hypotheses based on correlation and regression analysis, specifically process model to investigate the mediation role of organizational justice. Empirical findings showcased positive nature of relationship between talent management and employee’s retention. Study results also verified mediation effect of organizational justice in between the relationship of talent management and employee’s retention. Our study contributed to the literature of employee’s retention under the influence of organizational justice and talent management.References
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