DOI: 10.5176/2251-2449_HRM&PD12.43
Authors: Pornrat Sadangharn
Abstract: The free flow of labor which will result from the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) has led to the consideration of how to manage people in the ASEAN countries. This paper focuses on talent management in the industrial companies in the Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate, Rayong Province, Thailand. It is aimed at investigating the talent management practices and preparations for the forthcoming AEC. It also examines whether these practices and preparations differ in accordance with the company’s characteristics. Quantitative research methodology was employed in this study. One hundred and twenty questionnaires were distributed and 98 were returned. The findings revealed that the companies in the Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate in Rayong Province utilized the talent management practices at a moderate level. Industrial type and company size did not show statistical significance regarding the talent management practices. It was also found that there was no significant effect of company size on the talent management practices. Only one statistical implication was found—that company size was significant in terms of the preparations for the AEC. Respondents from companies of different sizes exhibited different preparations for the AEC differently from the point of view of understanding the impact of the AEC and confidence in their talent management.
Keywords: HRM; Talent Management; AEC
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