An effect of talent management perception on job satisfaction of X and Y generations

With increasing competition in recent years, it has become important to discover talented employees in maintaining their assets, to reinforce their commitment to the organization, to train them for leadership positions, and to have the potential to create a talent pool. In this context, national and international institutions struggle to win talented employees through various training programs and try to eliminate the gaps in the leadership position. In this way, they want to make a difference in the intense competition environment between the institutions and the sector. In this process, the issue is how the employees perceive the talent management practices applied by the institutions and how they affect their job satisfaction levels. On the other hand, the generation that is thought to affect job values and job satisfaction levels at different levels plays an active role in the talent management process. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate talent management practices of pharmaceutical companies, and to determine how the talent management perception affects job satisfaction levels of the X and Y generations. In this context, a two-stage research has been carried out both quantitatively and qualitatively. In the quantitative part of the study, a questionnaire was applied to the employees of the pharmaceutical companies that apply talent management to measure their level of job satisfaction with the generations. In the study, the talents of the researchers of Minnesota job satisfaction scale, Altınöz ve Çöp (2010, 129-141) developed by Weiss Davis England and Lofquist and the talent management perception scale consisting of the judges obtained by Çayan (2011: 143) . During the qualitative research phase, a structured interview was conducted with the managers of the pharmaceutical companies.