Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of systems adaptability in the relationship between emotional intelligence and talent management in tertiary institutions in Uganda.

Design/methodology/approach

To achieve the study purpose, the authors used responses from 91 tertiary institutions following a cross-sectional survey design. Partial least structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was used to analyse the data and done at an institutional level.

Findings

The results reveal that systems adaptability plays a full mediating role in the relationship between emotional intelligence and talent management in tertiary institutions as it accounts for 96.68% variance.

Research limitations/implications

Managing talented employees is not a snapshot process, yet the authors used a cross-sectional design. This paper is limited in this regard. Also, talent management in this paper is only explained by emotional intelligence and systems adaptability.

Practical implications

Talent management is explained by emotional intelligence and systems adaptability, which are metaphors of emotional intelligence and complex adaptive system theories. The authors also add to theory by establishing a fully mediating role of systems adaptability between emotional intelligence and talent management.

Originality/value

This paper establishes the mediating role of systems adaptability in the relationship between emotional intelligence and talent management in tertiary institutions.

中文翻译：

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系统适应性在情商与人才管理之间的中介作用

目的

本文的目的是检验系统适应性在乌干达高等院校情商与人才管理关系中的中介作用。

设计/方法/途径

为实现研究目的，作者根据横断面调查设计使用了 91 个大专院校的回复。偏最小结构方程模型 (PLS-SEM) 用于分析数据并在机构层面完成。

发现

结果表明，系统适应性在高等院校情商与人才管理的关系中起完全中介作用，方差占96.68%。

研究局限性/影响

管理有才能的员工不是快照过程，但作者使用了横截面设计。本文在这方面有所限制。此外，本文中的人才管理仅通过情商和系统适应性来解释。

实际影响

人才管理用情商和系统适应性来解释，这是情商和复杂适应系统理论的隐喻。作者还通过在情商和人才管理之间建立系统适应性的完全中介作用来补充理论。

原创性/价值

本文确立了系统适应性在高等院校情商与人才管理关系中的中介作用。