Local Turkish firms are impacted by the increasing migration of skilled labour to other parts of Europe and the increasing under-employment of university graduates (Lennard, 2014).
In order for these firms to appear attractive, they will need to develop more strategic TM systems akin to those of MNEs. MNEs compete for talent on a global basis and, like their local counterparts, face a shortage of et al., 2007)
TM is given strategic priority within local Turkish firms despite suggestions that they place less emphasis on the strategic role of the HRM function and embrace fewer performance related people practices overall (Mellahi et al., 2013).
This is not a particular concern for some, as TM is far too important to be left solely to HRM managers.