The effect of talent attraction on organizational performance of firms listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of talent attraction on organizational performance of firms listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange.Methodology: Descriptive and correlation survey research designs was used. Stratified simple random sampling technique was employed to enable select the respondents from the ten stratums of NSE listed companies. The target population was 534 top managers of listed companies in the NSE. A sample size of 224 respondents was picked from the listed firms.Results: Results revealed that talent attraction is statistically significant in explaining organization performance of listed companies. An R square of 7.6% shows that talent attraction explains organization performance.Policy recommendation: The study recommends that managers should realize that recruiting and developing talented staff is of importance to the success of their business objectives and hence this implies that it is important for the managers to seek employees with competences and abilities that will contribute significantly to their teams.