Title: Predicting business resilience through talent management strategies in the banking industry

Authors: Friday Ogbu Edeh; Agnes Ugboego Chukwu; Collins Irem Okechukwu; Greenfield Mwakipesile; Nurul Mohammad Zayed; Blessing Friday Edeh; Derrick Ssekajugo; Maxwell Ifeanyichukwu Duru; Johnson Nwokeiwu; Ifeoma Gloria Duruzor; Gabriel Obasi Chidozie Udu; Charles Odu Ogbaekirigwe

Addresses: Department of Research and Innovations, College of Management and Economics, Kampala International University (Main Campus), Uganda ' Department of Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, College of Management Sciences, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Nigeria ' Department of Banking and Finance, Faculty of Management Sciences, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria ' Namibia Business School, University of Namibia, Namibia ' Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Business and Entrepreneurship, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh ' Registry Department, Academic Staff Matters Unit, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria ' Department of Economics, College of Economics and Management, Kampala International University (Main Campus), Uganda ' Imo State Council of Elders, Imo State Government House, Owerri, Nigeria ' Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, lex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria ' Department of Accountancy, Faculty of Management Sciences, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria ' Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria ' Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Abstract: The unpredictability of the business environment caused by several unforeseen circumstances has necessitated for resilience consciousness that are driven by effective talent management strategies. Thus, the aim of this study is to investigate the prediction of business resilience through talent management strategies in selected interest deposit money banks operating in the South-Eastern Nigeria with human capital and resilience theories as the baseline theories. Accessible population of 20 interest deposit money banks that are licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria constitutes the organisations under investigation. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the twenty interest deposit money banks in south-eastern parts of Nigeria. Questionnaire served as a method for data collection. Frequency distribution was used to analyse the participants' demographic profiles while formulated research proposition was analysed with linear regression with SPSS version 25. The results of the investigation revealed talent management strategies predicted the measures of business resilience.

Keywords: business resilience; resilience; talent management strategies; human capital theory; resilience theory; human resource.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLIC.2024.143672

International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, 2024 Vol.21 No.5, pp.516 - 536

Received: 18 Jul 2023
Accepted: 03 Aug 2024
Published online: 03 Jan 2025 *

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