In a constantly improving organization, managers play a fundamental role in enhancing employees’ creativity and innovation and providing the foundation needed to improve their creativity. One of the prerequisites for creativity in an organization is to have a creative manager at the top of the organization to implement creative processes. Talent management is the strategic management of talent flow in an organization. Its purpose is to ensure the optimal supply of talent to fit the right people to the right job at the right time, based on the strategic goals of the organization. This study aimed to investigate the role of talent management in the job enlargement of hospital managers.
This is applied and causal research. To analyze the hypotheses statistically, the field method and a questionnaire were used to collect data. The statistical population of this study included managers, deputies, and senior experts of hospitals in Tehran province. For sampling, the proportional sampling method was used, and finally, 318 questionnaires were completed. The structural equation method and LISREL software were used to analyze the hypotheses. The results of data analysis indicate that managers' job experience, job specialization, and social capital positively affect their job enlargement. Also, the job experience and specialization of managers at the same level negatively affect the managers’ job enlargement. However, the managers' social capital does not negatively affect the job enlargement of managers.
