TALENT ATTRACTION AND EMPLOYEE RESILIENCE IN DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA
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This study examined the relationship between talent attraction and employee resilience in deposit money banks in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The study adopted the cross-sectional survey in its investigation of the variables. Primary source of data was generated through a structured questionnaire. The population for this study was 283 staff of the 22 deposit money banks in Port Harcourt. The sample size for the study was 166 calculated using the Taro Yamane sample size determination formula. The reliability of the instrument was achieved by the use of the Cronbach Alpha coefficient with all the items scoring above 0.70. The hypotheses were tested using the Spearman Rank Order Correlation. The tests were carried out at a 95% confidence interval and a 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between talent attraction and employee resilience in deposit money banks in Port Harcourt. The study thus concluded that the when deposit money banks adopt talent attraction to secure the services of valued talent, employee resilience is enhanced. The study recommended that management of deposit money banks should be on the look-out to attract employees whom potential has been a positive impact on the companies and use it to motivate other employees with similar ability among the employees working within designated department in the company.
Keywords: Talent Attraction, Employee Resilience, Adaptability, Proactiveness, Interpersonal Competence
CITATION: Mekuri-Ndimele, J. A. (2022). Talent attraction and employee resilience in deposit money banks in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 9 (1), 637 – 645.
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