The Impact of Human Resources Management Practices on Employee Commitment: Evidence from Pakistan Telecom Sector
Journal Title: International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 7
Abstract
Human resources management practices are persuasive and multi-dimensional phenomenon as well. In the epoch of cutthroat competition organization in all sectors of the economy especially telecom sector are striving hard to satisfy employees and customers by supplying value added services in order to stay in the competition. Pakistan Tele communication sector has recognized as sizzling concern and it is increasing at an astounding pace and surpassing all projection. The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the impact of HRM practices on employee commitment in the telecom sector of Pakistan. To do so, data was gathered through five point- likert scale self-questionnaires by considering a sample of 220 managers and first line employees from 35 offices. Seven cities have been included i.e. Kotli, Sudhnoti, Rawalakot, Mirpur, Muzaffarabad, Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Top performing telecom organizations were analyzed i.e. Telenor, Zong, Warid, Ufone, and Mobilink. The HRM practices i.e. career practice planning (CPP) and compensation practice (CP) were taken as dependent variable, whereas employees’ commitment is study independent variable. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were applied by using SPSS. The study results demonstrated that a HRM practice i.e. CP and CPP has positive and statistically significant impact on employees’ commitment in the telecom sector of Pakistan. Based upon the finding, this study recommends that the targeted telecom organization can foster their employees’ commitment and effectiveness by fan-tuning HRM practices. Eventually, developing countries are least focused as compared with developed nation of the world, thus the findings of this study contribute greatly in the body of academia in conjunction with offer implications for the HRM policymaking machinery.
Authors and Affiliations
Sadaf Razzaq, Ubaid Aslam, Tanveer Bagh, Shamila Saddique
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP615078
- DOI 10.6007/IJARBSS/v7-i7/3129
- Views 88
- Downloads 0
The Extent to which E-Commerce will favor International Marketing and what Obstacles International Marketers may need to Overcome
The main purpose of this paper is to consider the dynamics of e-commerce and its implications on businesses. As e-commerce involves a different environment for international marketing, its effect on the marketing mix wil...
Entrepreneurial Orientation and Usage of External Business Support for SMEs
The objective of this study is to examine the level of entrepreneurial orientation of users and nonusers of external suppoert services, this study adopted a cross sectional design and quantitative data was collected from...
Informal Saving Organizations in Pakistan
Pakistan is a developing country. The credit associations here are not well established. The means of saving still needs proper attention of authorities to improve it. That’s why people are not attracted to formal organi...
Investigating the Effectiveness of TSA in Blocking Public Funds Leakages in Nigeria
This study determined the extent to which TSA can block financial leakages in public funds management. The study adopted judgemental method of sampling to select forty workers from a total population of one hundred and f...
The Sufism Thoughts of Imam al-Shafi’i: A Critical Analysis from the Diwan al-Shafi'i
This paper analyzes the Imam al-Shafi'i r.h.m.’s view on Sufism through the Diwan Shafi’i. The Diwan is an anthology of his poetry as a premier source that compiled all his fruitful poetries with his figurative language....