Effects of Human Resource Management Practices on
Organizational Performance – An Empirical Study of Oil and Gas Industry in Pakistan
Muhammad Asif Khan
Assistant Professor, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology
(SZABIST) Islamabad, Pakistan
E-mail: dr.asif@szabist-isb.edu.pk
Tel: 92-51-4863363 / 209
Abstract
The study evaluates the effects of human resource management practices on organizational performance in Oil and Gas Industry in Pakistan. A total of 150 managers of 20 randomly selected firms from Oil and Gas Industry responded to self-reported questionnaire that measured five HRM practices and subjective measures of organizational performance.
Factor analysis was performed to identify human
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So, Human Resource Management has become one of the most discussed approaches to the practice and analysis of the employment relationship in world market economies. Whether the perspective is supportive or critical, the idea that a reformulated relationship between management and employees is occurring has taken hold to a considerable degree. There’s no doubt that the world as we know it is rapidly changing. As part of an organization then, HRM must be prepared to deal with the
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So, Human Resource Management has become one of the most discussed approaches to the practice and analysis of the employment relationship in world market economies. Whether the perspective is supportive or critical, the idea that a reformulated relationship between management and employees is occurring has taken hold to a considerable degree. There’s no doubt that the world as we know it is rapidly changing. As part of an organization then, HRM must be prepared to deal with the
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