Integration of talent management and knowledge management for enhancing innovation performance

Tri Wikaningrum; Lisa Kartikasari

doi:10.24914/jeb.v26i2.6659

Authors

Tri Wikaningrum Faculty Economy, Universitas Islam Sultan Agung
Lisa Kartikasari Faculty Economy, Universitas Islam Sultan Agung

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24914/jeb.v26i2.6659

Keywords:

Talent management, knowledge creation, innovation performance, social capital, ICT support

Abstract

Human capital becomes a source of competitive advantage in emergency times like pandemics where firms must survive. The knowledge possessed by these talents is an important capital to produce innovation performance for supporting the organization in responding to changes agilely. Therefore, individual knowledge is not enough, but knowledge that is valuable and can be acquired as organizational knowledge. The process of becoming organizational knowledge requires interaction between knowledge workers so that it is not only knowledge sharing but also the transfer and creation of new knowledge. The quality of knowledge itself is not only determined by how much knowledge an individual has, but also by the uniqueness and speed of access to it. Therefore, it is necessary to support communication and information technology to accelerate and facilitate the transfer of tacit and explicit knowledge as well as the transfer of knowledge levels. The purpose of this article is to examine the relationship between talent management, knowledge creation, social capital, ICT support, and innovation performance. The research was conducted at a private Islamic university in Semarang city. The sampling method used purposive sampling. The sample criteria include having a functional position of at least Lector and a minimum educational level of master’s with a total sample of 107 respondents. Data analysis used SEM with SmartPLS. The results showed that all hypotheses were proven, except the relationship between ICT support and knowledge creation.

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