Human Resource Management Practices and Employee Performance in Pakistan
Abstract
Human resource is an asset of an organization and necessary for its competitive advantage. However, human resource management can pose a greater challenge as compared to technology and capital management. Organizations also require an effective human resource management system. Many scholars have conducted research to establish the correlation between Human Resource Management (HRM) interventions and the performance of employees in developed countries. However, there is a lack of research on this issue in Pakistan. This research paper has examined the effect of human resource management practices such as job rotation, employee engagement, leadership, organizational politics, and harassment on employee performance. It also explains how decisions made by human resource management teams are likely to influence organizational performance. A survey research design was adopted to collect data from 305 respondents. The results suggest that human resource management practices have a profound effect on employee performance in Pakistan.Keywords: Human resource management practices, human resource intervention, employee performance.References
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