Volume 33, Issue 2, July 2021, Pages 252–257
Klontira Maria1 and Gkirni Kyriaki2
1 Physical Therapist MSc, Public Primary Health care, 25th Martiou 20, Thessaloniki, 54646, Greece
2 Physical Therapist MSc, Greece
Original language: English
Copyright © 2021 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Background: Talent management (TM) and organizational talent pools in general, is used as an umbrella term to refer to the current and future people resourcing needs of an organization. Over the years, the healthcare sector of Greece seems it cannot manage and channel the chances of creation of talent pools in Physiotherapy, in order to multiply innovation, expertise and new ideas. As Physiotherapists we can change people’s lives in a positive way, but one thing is certain, that our personalities are unique, our way of thinking is different and we tend to be potential talented in a diverse way. Objective: This research will try to shed light on a glaring gap, whether diversity and innovational thinking of individuals can contribute to the development of talent management pools in the rising profession of Physical therapy in Greece, in order to meet the worldwide demands. Methods: This study documents the current thinking on talent management within the Physiotherapy profession in Greece. Interviews were taken from eleven Physiotherapists from two different public hospitals and two organizations from public primary health care of Greece, in the region of Thessaloniki. Results: The results of the study have revealed a lack of interest; understanding and appreciation of the possibilities that talent management could bring the physical therapy profession confront with profitable talent management pools. Managers are reluctant to allow employees to participate in talent management pools and that our participants are generally unaware of the term and show hesitation in a potential participation in such a project. Conclusions: Our study concluded that most of the Physical therapists who were included in the study was reluctant to participate in talent management pools.
Author Keywords: Talent management pools, cooperative innovation, strategic innovation, diversity.
Klontira Maria1 and Gkirni Kyriaki2
1 Physical Therapist MSc, Public Primary Health care, 25th Martiou 20, Thessaloniki, 54646, Greece
2 Physical Therapist MSc, Greece
Original language: English
Copyright © 2021 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Background: Talent management (TM) and organizational talent pools in general, is used as an umbrella term to refer to the current and future people resourcing needs of an organization. Over the years, the healthcare sector of Greece seems it cannot manage and channel the chances of creation of talent pools in Physiotherapy, in order to multiply innovation, expertise and new ideas. As Physiotherapists we can change people’s lives in a positive way, but one thing is certain, that our personalities are unique, our way of thinking is different and we tend to be potential talented in a diverse way. Objective: This research will try to shed light on a glaring gap, whether diversity and innovational thinking of individuals can contribute to the development of talent management pools in the rising profession of Physical therapy in Greece, in order to meet the worldwide demands. Methods: This study documents the current thinking on talent management within the Physiotherapy profession in Greece. Interviews were taken from eleven Physiotherapists from two different public hospitals and two organizations from public primary health care of Greece, in the region of Thessaloniki. Results: The results of the study have revealed a lack of interest; understanding and appreciation of the possibilities that talent management could bring the physical therapy profession confront with profitable talent management pools. Managers are reluctant to allow employees to participate in talent management pools and that our participants are generally unaware of the term and show hesitation in a potential participation in such a project. Conclusions: Our study concluded that most of the Physical therapists who were included in the study was reluctant to participate in talent management pools.
Author Keywords: Talent management pools, cooperative innovation, strategic innovation, diversity.
How to Cite this Article
Klontira Maria and Gkirni Kyriaki, “Innovative diverse talent management pools in the field of physiotherapists: A qualitative study in public value driven healthcare sector of Greece,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 252–257, July 2021.
