Influence of Talent Management and Succession Planning on Business Educators Job Satisfaction in Colleges of Education in Delta State

Abstract

This paper examined the influence of talent management and succession planning on job satisfaction of business educators in colleges of education in Delta State. Two research questions were raised and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. A correlational survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 89 business educators in colleges of education in Delta State. The entire population was used for the study since the population is of a manageable size. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled Talent Management and Succession Planning Assessment Questionnaire. The content and face validity of the instrument was carried out by three experts in the Department of Vocational and Technical Education, University of Benin, Benin City. The Cronbach Alpha statistics was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument which yielded 0.83 r-value. The data collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Statistics. The result of the study indicated that talent management and succession planning significantly influence job satisfaction of business educators in colleges of education in Delta States. It was concluded that talent management and succession planning can influence the job satisfaction of business educators in colleges of education in Delta State. Based on the findings, the study recommends that college management should employ proper motivation strategies that could attract and retain the best business educators in labour market. Also, college management should ensure the utilization of succession planning programmes in colleges of education to enable capable business educators to fill in the positions of exiting or retiring business educators when the need arises.