Managing Talent Practices and Knowledge for Organizational Performance: The Use of PLS-SEM

A must read article that looks into the organizational-specific practice of managing talented employees in determining the competitive success of profit-driven private colleges in Malaysia. It is making use of Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) method to illustrate the mediation effects of knowledge management in explaining the direct relationship between managing talent practices and organizational performance of private colleges in Malaysia.

The author teaches Business Management and Economic Studies at INTI International College, Malaysia. He also has an interest in using PLS-SEM technique for business research, particularly in the field of strategic management. To him, knowledge is wealth and what generates this common wealth for mankind is by undertaking a scientific research.