The Role of Talent Development in promoting Proactive Work Behavior An Exploratory Study of the Opinions of a Sample of Faculty Members in Some Private Universities and Colleges in the Holy Karbala Governorate

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to test the effect of talent development in promoting proactive work behavior, by surveying the opinions of a number of teaching staff in private universities - the holy governorate of Karbala. In order to ensure the representation of the community under research, the researcher used the simple random sampling method and distributed the questionnaire to (200) teachers. After sorting and checking the questionnaires, the number of valid questionnaires for statistical analysis reached (102) questionnaires. Statistical analysis of the data collected from the respondents was carried out using (SPSS v.25) and (AMOS) programs. The research reached some conclusions, the most important of which was that through the results of the statistical analysis of the research data; it was found that there is a positive and significant effect of talent development in promoting proactive work behavior in the universities of the research sample. Some proposals were also presented, the most important of which is that if the private universities in the holy governorate of Karbala under discussion want to promote the proactive work behavior of their teaching staff, they should adopt the concept of talent development.