Effect of High Performance Work Practices on Job Embeddedness and Employee Innovative Behavior

Purpose – This study ascertained the high performance work practices effects on employee innovative behavior through key mediating role of the job embeddedness of front line service employees in Pakistan hospitality sector.Method – Data gathered from four and five-star hotel FLSEs in two waves with a time lag of two weeks, the relationships in the conceptual model were gauged through Partial Least Squares (PLS).Findings – The results suggest that job embeddedness mediate the relationship between high performance work practices and employee innovative behavior. In particular, front line service employees in presence of high performance work practices have high job embeddedness, and are more likely to exhibit innovative behaviors at work.Research implications – This study will send a strong message to service firms that provision of performance enhancing human resource practices is of prime importance to enhance. With this in mind management needs to take benefit of the strength of high performance work practices to enhance frontline employees attachment with organization to produce innovation related behaviors at wor

Human Resource Management Practices and Employee Performance in the Banking Sector of Pakistan: The Role of Islamic Work Ethic

Purpose: The present study aims to investigate the relationship between human resource management practices (recruitment and selection, training and development and performance appraisal) and employee’s performance. Further, this study examines the moderating role of Islamic Work Ethics in the direct link mentioned above in the banking sector of Pakistan. Design/Methodology/Approach: The data were collected from 256 employees working in the banking sector of Pakistan. To test the hypothesized relationships, multiple regression analysis was conducted.  Findings: The findings indicated the significant impact of human resource management practices (recruitment and selection, training and development and performance appraisal) on employee performance. Moreover, the moderating role of Islamic Work Ethics was also supported. This study found the Islamic Work Ethics strengthens the relationship between human resource management practices (recruitment and selection, training and development and performance appraisal), employee’s performance. Implications/Originality/Value This concludes that human resource management practices are essential for every organization that enhance the Employee’s Performance. Further it is revealed Islamic Work Ethics moderates the relationship between human resource management practices and Employees Performance. Implications and future research for practice and directions are discussed