scholarly journals Inclusive Human Resource Management (HRM) Practices for Employees with Disabilities as an Effort to Manage Diversity

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mukhammad Mizan Zulmi ◽  
Sri Palupi Prabandari ◽  
Achmad Sudiro

This study aims to describe the practice of managing employees with disabilities inclusively at PT SAMA by identifying the implementation of disability inclusive principles, regulations and policies, benefits, and factors related to HRM Practices of employees with disabilities. The findings of this study are that the management practices of employees with disabilities at PT SAMA have been carried out inclusively by implementing principles of disability inclusion. In addition, regulations and policies related to the management of disabled employees are in accordance with Law no 8 of 2016 on Persons with Disabilities. The benefits obtained by the company are that the performance of disabled employees is better than non-disabled employees, able to work well together, and can motivate other employees to be independent. Factors that influence the management of employees with disabilities are acceptance and support, communication, flexibility, work-family culture, workload, and physical conditions of the workplace. The Inclusive HRM Practice implemented by PT SAMA brings benefits to both employees and the company. Even so, proactive efforts must be further enhanced, especially in recruitment practices by targeting PWDs. Further research with the theme of managing employees with disabilities needs to be carried out on other types or industrial scales.

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Estie Gresse ◽  
Melvin Lm Mbao

ABSTRACT Persons with disabilities are a historically marginalised minority, who have the capacity to make a valuable contribution in the workplace. Recent case law suggests that the duty to reasonably accommodate disabled employees remains a conundrum for employers in South Africa. In Jansen v Legal Aid South Africa (C678/14) [2018] ZALCCT 17 (16 May 2018) the Labour Appeal Court had an opportunity to make a definitive pronouncement on the meaning and reach of the employer's duty to reasonably accommodate a disabled employee. Even though the duty to reasonably accommodate disabled employees is set out in our legislative and policy frameworks, there is a need to have a more detailed framework. The Constitutional Court is yet to hear a case on the duty of employers to provide reasonable accommodation to employees with disabilities, and until we have such a precedent, more and more employees with disabilities will continue to suffer at the hands of their employers. Both the Code of Good Practice, as well as the Technical Assistance Guidelines , published by the Department of Labour, have gone "relatively unnoticed and unread" in the workplace. This article argues that employers should follow a broad interpretation of the guidelines contained in the Code, as well as in the Technical Assistance Guidelines. Employers need to undertake proper investigations, with the assistance of experts if needs be, to investigate an employee's incapacity. Keywords: Disability, Reasonable accommodation, Persons with disabilities.


Author(s):  
Kim Lian Lee ◽  
Sarvanan Singram ◽  
Christopher Luke Felix

Objective - The study explores the relationships between human r esource management practices on employee retention in Malaysian industrial setting s . The human resource management practices such as selection, training and development, performance appraisal and reward were considered in this study as the main factors that impact the employee retention in an organization Methodology/Technique - All d ata used in th is study consist s of respondents of executives and managers in manufacturing companies located in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Data processing and statistical analyses were mainly carried out using SPSS. Reliability test was used to check the con sistency and dimensionality of the scale items. P e a rson Intercorrelation was used to measure the associations among the human resource practices and employee retention and Multiple Regression Analysis to check the criterion - related validity of the scale i tems and to complement the correlation results. Findings - Data from 151 respondents from various industries show ed that the reward was most correlated with employee retention. This is followed by performance appraisal, in which fair and inclusive appraisa l leads to better retention. On the contrary, selection was found to have least significance relationship with employee retention. Novelty - The contribution of the study is in asserting some findings for human resource manager to understand the importanc e of an effective HRM practices on employee retention in the manufacturing industry. Apart from that, this research provides an understanding of some important elements in human resource management practices that are more effective in employee retention. Type of Paper - Empirical Type of Paper - HRM Practices; Employee Retention; Relationship; Significance .


2021 ◽  
pp. 097215092110372
Author(s):  
Satyanarayana Parayitam ◽  
Shaik Mohamed Naina ◽  
Timothy Shea ◽  
Abdul Hameed Syed Mohideen ◽  
Alex Aruldoss

The objective of the present study is to examine the impact of human resource management (HRM) practices on organizational performance. Knowledge management (KM) practices as a moderator in the relationship between HRM practices and organizational performance are studied by developing a conceptual model. Using a structured survey instrument, the data were collected from 979 employees from 10 hospitals in the southern part of India (Tiruchirappalli District of Tamil Nadu). After thoroughly checking the instrument’s measurement properties using the LISREL, hierarchical regression was performed to test the hypotheses. The results support (a) compensation and rewards, performance appraisal and learning culture that are positively and significantly related to organizational performance; (b) recruitment and selection, training and development that are not significantly related to organizational performance; and (c) KM practices that moderate the relationship between (a) training and development and organizational performance, and (b) learning culture and organizational performance. Finally, the implications for HRM and KM are discussed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 296-305
Author(s):  
Matthew B. Perrigino ◽  
Benjamin B. Dunford ◽  
Matt Troup ◽  
R. Wayne Boss ◽  
David S. Boss
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2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 222-229
Author(s):  
Arta Jashari ◽  
Enver Kutllovci

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of human resource management practices on organizational performance. In this study a total of 100 managers of manufacturing firms in Kosovo from public and private sectors have responded to the survey. The survey questionnaire had contained 39 items covering selected HRM practices and organizational performance. Our empirical results show that managers of manufacturing firms in Kosovo recognize the importance of employees in their organization and apply practices to manage them effectively. The outcome of correlation analysis provides evidence that HRM practices positively and significantly influence organizational performance. Recruitment and selection practices show the strongest positive association with organizational performance (rho = 0.905) compared to other practices. Regarding to our findings we suggest that with a good recruiting and selection, the organization will fill with a group of potentially qualified candidates. Also, companies should continuously train and develop and involve their employees as they are viewed as the most important resources source of competitive advantage.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Nor Intan Adha Hafit ◽  
Nor Azairiah Fatimah Othman ◽  
Syezreen Dalina Rusdi ◽  
Nurul Salizawatee Mahpar ◽  
Mohd Fariq Izmeer Mat Sharie

Employment among people with disabilities remains debatable. This paper investigates employers' points of view towards accepting technological assistance for employees with disabilities at the workplace. Specifically, this paper examines the effects of perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use on acceptance towards Office Assistance Application among employers to disabled employees. Acceptance towards any technology has been broadly tested using Davis' Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). To prove if that is the case or not for Office Assistance Applications within the context of employers to employees with disabilities, this research was undertaken to affirm the past research. Data was collected via online questionnaires from 35 employers to Micro Enterprises organization. 6 of surveyed employers were current employers to disabled workers, 18 employers affirmed interest to employ PWDs in the future with 9 employers asserted no interest to hire disabled workers. Data was analysed using Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). The result showed two hypotheses were supported evidencing positive and significant relationship between perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness, and relationship between perceived usefulness and technology acceptance. Findings are useful for employers to improve functions of their disabled workers at the workplace along with increasing employment prospects for people with disabilities.


2021 ◽  
pp. 000765032110532
Author(s):  
Florencio F. Portocarrero ◽  
Anne-Laure P. Winkler ◽  
Jone L. Pearce

This article evaluates the effect of different human resource management (HRM) practices on organizations’ environmental performance. We develop a model to evaluate the influence of a broad range of HRM practices, including environmental performance criteria in managers’ performance evaluations and two types of internal corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices: socially responsible employee benefits and corporate volunteering practices. To this end, we analyze a sample of 142 manufacturing companies that have completed B Lab’s Impact Assessment process to certify their environmental performance. The results show that including environmental criteria in a higher proportion of managers’ performance evaluations directly impacts organizations’ environmental performance and strengthens the positive effect of other environmental management practices. The findings also demonstrate the direct effects of both types of CSR practices on an organization’s environmental performance. Our study advances recent work on Green HRM and CSR by identifying the specific HRM practices that allow organizations to move from being part of the world’s environmental problem to being part of the solution.


2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 173-182
Author(s):  
Christiane Bughin ◽  
Olivier Colot ◽  
Karin Comblé

A large conceptual economic literature presents assumptions that family owned and controlled firms perform better than others, essentially on the basis of agency theory, ownership structure, cultural specificities and particular management practices. Large empirical evidence has been supplied by various studies, even if there are still contradictory debates. This paper uses the paired samples methodology to compare operational, economic and financial profitabilities of Belgian family firms. Evidence is given that they perform better, and this significantly for economic profitability. Discussion is engaged about the contribution of family values and practices to their results.


2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-26
Author(s):  
Hooi-Ching Khor ◽  
Azura Abdullah Effendi

Family-friendly policy is impossible to fit all working individuals. The circumstance has been revealed in work-family literature which relationship between the policy use and the work-family conflict mitigation has been found inconsistent. Little focus is given in the past studies to ensure the human resource policy is truly useful in meeting individuals’ needs. Work, family or both work and family life could be important to individuals. The distinctive life centrality requires individuals to negotiate with the significant others who have influence on their work and family life arrangements to access and use the preferred and needed family-friendly policy. Boundary management practices seem to be useful for working individuals to reduce work-family conflict. This conceptual paper aims to propose work-family boundary negotiation to buffer the relationship of family-friendly policy use and work-family conflict. Boundary theory is the underlying theory embedded to explain the phenomena. Boundary negotiation style that could be employed for accessing the policy and managing work-family boundary effectively is identified. Future directions and implications for research on negotiation in dealing with work-family issue are discussed.


2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 798-815 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suwastika Naidu ◽  
Anand Chand

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to comparatively analyse the best human resource management (HRM) practices in the hotel sector of Samoa and Tonga. Design/methodology/approach – This study examined best HRM practices used by the hotel sector of Samoa and Tonga by using self-administered questionnaires. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to 73 hotels in Samoa and 66 hotels in Tonga. Out of the 73 self-administered questionnaires that were distributed in Samoa, 58 usable questionnaires were returned resulting in a response rate of 79 per cent. In the case of Tonga, out of the 66 self-administered questionnaires were distributed, 51 usable questionnaires were returned resulting in a response rate of 77 per cent. Findings – The findings of this study show that there are 28 best HRM practices in Samoa and 15 best HRM practices in Tonga. This study also found that best HRM practices differ based on differences in internal and external environmental factors present in different geographical areas. The findings of this paper support the assumptions of the Contextual Paradigm of HRM and strategic human resource management. Research limitations/implications – This study is based on a single sector of Samoa and Tonga. A single sector study limits the generalisations that can be made across different sectors in Samoa and Tonga. Practical implications – Human resource managers should incorporate cultural, political, legal, economic and social factors in HRM practices. Originality/value – None of the existing studies have examined best HRM practices used by the hotel sector of Samoa and Tonga. This study is a pioneering study that comparatively analyses the best HRM practices used by the hotel sector of Samoa and Tonga.


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