Talent Attraction and Retention Matters: An Analytical Hierarchical Process Approach to Apprehend the Employees’ Perspective in Pakistan

Abstract

In this era, each organization is searching for quality in the employees, thus that enhances the need for talented employees, and the purpose of the study is to find out the attraction and the retention factors for talented employees in Pakistan’s job market. The bi-polar questionnaire has been used for the data collection the sample size was 60. The sample is collected from experts who have ample experience in analyzing the dimensions and sub-dimensions by using the analytical hierarchical process (AHP) approach. The results have suggested that organizational justice (distributive justice), work–life balance (time balance), and organizational culture (clan culture) compensation (direct compensation) are among the factors that affect the most attracting and retaining talented employees which is more than and equal to 10 percent. Further, factors are also having importance but less than 10 percent.  In Pakistan organizations are failing to attract and retain talented employees, resulting in poor performance, very rare studies were found in developing countries that addressed this peculiar and crucial issue of the economies like Pakistan.  This research is the guideline for the organizations of developing economies to understand the factors that attract the talent most to join an organization so that they can align their strategies and policies particularly to address this current issue. This paper offers important insights and practical recommendations on how organizations can improve their talent attraction and retention strategies to remain competitive in the market.