Talent Management Strategy and it's Effect on the Employees' Organizational Commitment: (Case Study: Staff of Mazandaran University)

Today, developing talent management is one of the major factors of business and a key component of sustainable competitive advantage inorganizations. The present study aimed at identifying the effect of talent management strategy on organizational commitment among employees of Mazandaran University.

The study was a descriptive survey in terms of research methodology and it was an applied research based on its goal.The population consisted of all employees (n= 540) of Mazandaran University with high school diploma or higher, out of whom 225 participants were randomly selected using Cochran's formula. Data were collected using Swim's Talent Management Questionnaire (2009) and Allen and Meyer's Organizational Commitment Inventory (1990)which their validities were calculated through face validity and their reliabilitywas measured through Cronbach's alpha.

The research findings indicated that the talent management strategy had positive effect on organizational commitment In this study, the components of “reward and granting” had the greatest impact on the organizational commitment.

By Finding this reseach, it is necessary for managers of any organization to optimally implement talent management strategy in their organization in order to attract, recruit, and develop skilled and talented people leading to increased productivity of their organization.