EVALUATING THE ROLE OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (HRM) PRACTICES ON JOB PERFORMANCE: AN APPLICATION OF EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT AS MODERATOR

Abstract

This research endeavor was designed to gauge the role of Human Resource
Management (HRM) practices in employee's performance. This study has encompassed
employee empowerment as a moderating variable to further assess the relationship
between HRM practices and job performance. The HRM practices employed in this
research includes selection, training, and participation. The total of 130 sampled
respondents was selected from the target population by adopting the proportional
allocation sampling technique. The sampled respondents include administrative
employees and teaching faculty of two public sector universities named as Hazara
University, Mansehra and The University of Agriculture, Peshawar. The reliability of
scales was computed using Cronbach's Alpha Coefficient which reveals that all scales
were found to have good reliability. The major findings of regression analysis depicts
that all the selected HRM Practices have significant and positive effect on job
performance. Furthermore, the moderating variable i.e. employee empowerment is
observed as a substantial parameter which is enhancing the relationship between HRM
practices and job performance.