Talent Management in Academic Human Resource Development: A Comparative Study of Public and Private Higher Education Institutions in Gorontalo, Indonesia

Tety Thalib, Ellys Rachman

Abstract


This study examines and compares the implementation of talent management in academic human resource development between public and private higher education institutions in Gorontalo Province, Indonesia. Using a descriptive qualitative approach, data were gathered from 20 informants at five institutions through semi-structured interviews, observations, and document analysis, and analyzed thematically across four talent management dimensions: talent identification, competency development, performance appraisal, and retention. Findings reveal consistent structural disparities between institutional types: public universities benefit from digital HR systems, dedicated funding, and structured incentives, while private institutions remain constrained by limited budgets, fragmented data management, and conservative organizational cultures. These disparities directly impede faculty motivation, retention, and research productivity. By analyzing these four dimensions concurrently within a single regional setting, the study extends context-sensitive talent management theory by showing how institutional governance arrangements and organizational culture interact with, and partly explain, resource-based disparities in talent management outcomes a relationship that has received limited empirical attention in Eastern Indonesia's higher education sector. The study recommends integrated digital HR systems, transformational leadership, and inter-institutional collaboration as priority interventions for regional academic quality improvement.

Keywords


Talent Management; Human Resources; Higher Education; Gorontalo; Institutional Capacity

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