Talent management & retention of young talents in Portugal

• Main Author: Félix, Mariana Sofia Teixeira
• Publication Date: 2020
• Format: Master thesis
• Language: eng
• Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
• Download full: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/21355
• topic: Human resources management; Talent management; Talent retention; Young talent programmes; Interns; Gestão de recursos humanos; Gestão de talentos; Retenção de talento; Programas de talento jovem; Estagiários

Nowadays, sustainable organisations consider, as one of their strategic priorities, their capability to attract and retain Young Talents. To achieve that companies are investing in the implementation of Young Talent Programmes. It is imperative the development of retention strategies, designed accordingly with the individual needs and expectations for development and opportunity. This multiple-case study aims to determine which factors lead Portuguese organisations to consider Young Talents one of their strategic priorities and how they design and structure their Internships Programmes. For that purpose, following a mixed-methods approach, a set of semi-structured interviews (qualitative research method) were conducted. Simultaneously, a questionnaire (quantitative research method) – mainly based on the Psychological Work Immersion Scale (Veldsman, 2013) – was applied to assess the levels of psychological work immersion of the participants. The results indicated that the main goal when introducing Internships Programmes is to provide Young Talents with practical experience through the development of hard and soft skills and acquaintance to real professional contexts, culminating in the improvement of their employability. Evidence shows the digital natives who bring new ideas, challenge the status quo, influencing the level of diversity, innovation and creativity within organisations. It was established an Intervention Proposal based on a solution-based framework to the development phase of Company X’s Internships Programme, relying on Design Thinking.