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Retaining Talent in the Public Sector: Managing the Present While Looking to the Future

by Sofia Santos, Ana Palma-Moreira, and Ivo Dias

Posted: November 20, 2025
Server: Preprints.org
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202511.1559.v1

This study aimed to examine the effect of public policies on talent retention in the Portuguese Public Administration and whether the participants' managerial status moderates this relationship. A total of 282 individuals, active workers in public administration, participated in this study, with 11.7% of the total occupying management positions. The approach was quantitative and qualitative, using a questionnaire. The results showed that public policies (recruitment, training and performance evaluation) have a positive and significant effect on talent retention. Whether an individual is a manager or not has a significant effect on performance evaluation. No moderating or mediating effect was found. This study aims to provide data that can inform managers' decisions and enhance talent management in public administration.

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