Reviewing the mediating role of work/life balance and motivational drivers of employee engagement on the relationship between talent management and organization performance

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https://doi.org/10.25255/jss.2019.8.2.306.326

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Talent management, Work/life balance, Motivational drivers of employee engagement

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The purpose of this paper is to reviewing the literature and the associations among talent management, work life balance, motivational drivers of employee engagement and organization performance. Both work life balance and motivational drivers of employee engagement were reviewed as mediators between talent management and organization performance.  

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2019-04-01

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Obeidat, B., Al-Khateeb, A., Abu Abdallah, A., & Masa’deh, R. (2019). Reviewing the mediating role of work/life balance and motivational drivers of employee engagement on the relationship between talent management and organization performance. Journal of Social Sciences (COES&Amp;RJ-JSS), 8(2), 306–326. https://doi.org/10.25255/jss.2019.8.2.306.326

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