Identifying the Components of the Talent Management of faculty Members in Universities of Medical Sciences: A Meta-synthetic Study

Talent management, especially in higher education, is important due to the main role it can play in tackling the global challenges and development of different countries. This study endeavored to identify the components of talent management of faculty members in universities of Medical Sciences Based on internal and external studies.

This study sought for the keyword of talent management of faculty members through meta-synthesis in both national (2006 to 2020) and international (2000 to 2020) academic databases: Magiran, Ensani, SID and databases: Scopus, Science Direct, Emerald, Google Scholar. Finally, after screening and reading, 26 articles were selected.

The gathered data were analyzed through the Sandolowski and Barso's seven-step method. A total of 178 key concepts and 20 Subcategories were reached as follows: talent identification, systematic approach to talent identification, identification of individual and professional competencies, review and correction of recruitment indicators, systematic recruitment process, talent selection, human capital development and academic development, efficient human resource management, effective evaluation and monitoring, infrastructure development and improvement, substitution, supportive attitude to maintenance, professional maintenance, management-executive policies in maintenance, competitive spaces, functionalism, talented university culture and collective culture in the university. Likewise, six major categories of talent identification, talent acquisition, talent development, talent retention, competitiveness and core performance, establishing a talent culture were reached.

Findings of this study underlined the importance of such components as talent retention, talent identification, talent development, talent acquisition, competitiveness and central performance, as well as the establishing a talent culture. This way,planning the development of talents in different ways is suggested.