scholarly journals The Role of Pro-Innovative HR Practices and Psychological Contract in Shaping Employee Commitment and Satisfaction: A Case from the Energy Industry

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 255
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Gadomska-Lila ◽  
Anna Rogozińska-Pawełczyk
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Psychological Contract ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Employee Commitment ◽  
Psychological Contracts ◽  
Employee Attitudes ◽  
Hr Practices ◽  
The One ◽  
Organisational Factors ◽  
Energy Companies

Innovation is a very important attribute of energy companies. Its level largely depends on employees’ attitudes and behaviours, which are determined on the one hand by individual factors (e.g., psychological contract) and on the other hand by organisational factors (e.g., human resources (HR) practices). The aim of this article is to identify the relationship between pro-innovative HR practices, psychological contract and employee attitudes—commitment and job satisfaction. The research was conducted in a company which is one of the leading Polish electricity suppliers. Data were collected using a proprietary survey questionnaire. The research involved 402 HR professionals responsible for shaping and implementing pro-innovative HR practices in the company. Hypotheses were tested using the partial least squares structural equation modelling technique (PLS-SEM). The results indicate the existence of a positive relationship between pro-innovative HR practices, psychological contract and employee commitment and satisfaction. Furthermore, they indicate that organisations wishing to increase employee commitment and job satisfaction should strengthen and implement existing psychological contracts. One way to do this is to invest in pro-innovative HR practices, such as competence development, knowledge sharing or creativity-based candidate selection, as they have been shown to be good moderators of these relationships. The obtained results may be of particular importance for HR management specialists and managers responsible for shaping desired attitudes and behaviours of employees.

Specific HR practices and employee commitment: the mediating role of job satisfaction

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 420-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arshad Mahmood ◽  
Muhammad Naseer Akhtar ◽  
Usman Talat ◽  
Chuanmin Shuai ◽  
James C. Hyatt
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Employee Commitment ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Hr Practices

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to increase understanding of the influence mechanisms of specific HR practices variables – salary, job stability and job enrichment – upon employee commitment, through the mediating role of job satisfaction, in a developing country context. Crucially, these indicate employee commitment.Design/methodology/approachThe study analyzed three specific HR practices with a sample of 263 employees in the banking industry of Pakistan. A structural equation modeling methodology is adopted.FindingsThe findings indicate that remuneration strategies were positively related to job satisfaction and employee commitment. Regarding the intervening impact of job satisfaction, this study found that it mediates only for non-monetary strategies between job satisfaction and employee commitment.Research limitations/implicationsA key limitation is that this is a cross-sectional study, perhaps not generalizable over longitudinal approaches. Another limit is posed by the developing country context of this study, perhaps not applicable to some developed countries.Practical implicationsFrom an HR perspective, managing salary structure is an ongoing issue. The proposed model suggests the use of specific practices about satisfaction and commitment as intermediate steps to manage employee commitment.Originality/valueThe research offers a unique understanding from the developing country context of Pakistan. This provides a novel study conducted to examine employee commitment using the high-performance work practices model.

scholarly journals High-performance HR practices, positive affect and employee outcomes

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Mohammed Sayed Mostafa
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Employee Attitudes ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Hr Practices ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into the affective or emotional mechanisms that underlie the relationship between high-performance HR practices (HPHRP) and employee attitudes and behaviours. Drawing on affective events theory, this paper examines a mediation model in which HPHRP influence positive affect which in turn affects job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behaviours (OCBs). Design/methodology/approach Two-wave data were collected from a sample of local government workers in Wales (n=362). HPHRP were measured together with job satisfaction and OCBs at Time 1 and six months later, job satisfaction and OCBs were measured again together with positive affect. Structural equation modeling was used to test the study hypotheses. Findings The results revealed that HPHRP induced positive affect which, in turn, led to increased job satisfaction and OCBs. Furthermore, positive affect fully mediated the relationships between HPHRP and both job satisfaction and OCBs. Research limitations/implications All data were collected from public sector employees in the Government of Wales, which makes the generalizability of the findings unknown. More work is needed using different samples to determine whether the study results are replicable. Practical implications Managers should endeavour to ensure that enough resources are assigned to the implementation of HPHRP and other work features that help evoke affective reactions, as these reactions are an important determinant of employees’ attitudes and behaviours. Originality/value This is one of the first studies to empirically examine the mediating role of positive affect on the relationship between HPHRP and employee attitudes and behaviours.

scholarly journals Balanced versus Unbalanced Psychological Contracts in Temporary and Permanent Employment: Associations with Employee Attitudes

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeroen de Jong ◽  
René Schalk ◽  
Nele de Cuyper
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Psychological Contract ◽  
Psychological Contracts ◽  
Employee Attitudes ◽  
Temporary Workers ◽  
Opposite Pattern ◽  
Permanent Employment ◽  
Intentions To Quit ◽  
Dutch Sample ◽  
Permanent Workers

This study concerns balance in exchange relationships as described in the psychological contract literature about employees’ and employers’ promises and fulfilment of these promises. Balance is investigated, firstly, in relation to temporary versus permanent employment and, secondly, in relation to employees’ attitudes (fairness, job satisfaction, and intention to quit). Analyses were based on a Dutch sample of 290 temporary and 489 permanent workers. Regarding balance in mutual promises, we found that temporary workers were more likely to have psychological contracts with few mutual promises than permanent workers, while permanent workers were more likely to have psychological contracts with many mutual promises compared to temporary workers. Regarding balance in the fulfilment of promises, we found the opposite pattern, namely, that fulfilment was higher in temporary workers compared to permanent workers. Furthermore, only mutual high fulfilment of promises was associated with higher job satisfaction and fairness and with lower intentions to quit.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF QUALITY OF WORKLIFE (QWL) IMPLEMENTATION AGAINST JOB SATISFACTION AND COMMITMENT OF THE EMPLOYEES.

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Indah Kusuma Hayati
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Employee Commitment ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Employee Job Satisfaction ◽  
Quality Of Worklife ◽  
Increase Productivity

Abstract. Increased productivity needs being in line with the increase in employee performance. To be able to improve employee performance, companies must create working conditions that offer incentives for employees to satisfy them with the system running in the company(????). The purpose application of Quality of Work Life (QWL) in an enterprise is to improve employee satisfaction on the job(???). Employee job satisfaction is one important aspect to consider in efforts to improve the human resources quality of an enterprise. Employees who have high job satisfaction, will generally have a high commitment to the company. High employee commitment will give beneficial contribution to the company to increase productivity of both employees and companies. This study aims to analyze the effect of the QWL application on job satisfaction and employee commitment as well as analyzing the effect of job satisfaction on employee commitment. The study is conducted by giving questionnaire to 120 employees SBU (Strategic Business Unit) 1 PT. PGN, which is present in three areas, namely Hosbun, Bogor and Jakarta East. Hypothesis testing method using the model Structural Equation Model (SEM) with PLS.The results of the analysis indicate that the application of QWL hypothesis has no effect on job satisfaction of employees. Application of QWL and job satisfaction significantly influence employee commitment. The better implementation of QWL and the higher levels of job satisfaction will increase employee commitment to the company.

scholarly journals Developing Psychological Contracts of Justice in Improving Employee's Satisfaction at Perum Damri

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-75
Author(s):  
Akmal Akmal ◽  
Elfitra Azliyanti
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Psychological Contract ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Psychological Contracts ◽  
Actual Performance ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Employee Job Satisfaction ◽  
Reward Mechanism

This study aims to examine the predictors and consequences of a fair psychology contract. There are relationships between the degree of reciprocal trust and fair psychological contracts, reward mechanisms for fair psychology contracts, assessment of actual performance to a psychological contract of justice, intrinsic motivation to equitable psychology contracts, equitable psychological contracts on job satisfaction and Intrinsic motivation and Job satisfaction. The population of this study is 205 staff at Perum Damri Regional Division II and data was collected using a purposive sampling technique. The criteria of the respondents chosen were staff or employees who had worked in Damri's general company for at least 1 year. Data analysis techniques in research using software smart PLS 2.0 M3. This study contains 6 hypotheses and from the research, the results of reciprocal degrees of trust influence the fair psychology contract, but the progressive reward mechanism, the assessment of actual performance and intrinsic motivation have no effect. While fair psychology contracts and intrinsic motivation affect employee job satisfaction.

Recruitment Communication and Psychological Contracts in Start-Ups

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-14
Author(s):  
Mia Thyregod Rasmussen
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Contract ◽  
Psychological Contracts ◽  
The Other ◽  
Explanatory Framework ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Recruitment Communication ◽  
The One ◽  
Start Ups

Recruitment communication presents a dilemma for organisations. When organisations hire, they often engage in branding themselves as employers (Backhaus & Tikoo, 2004) and rely on positive framing to present vacant positions in order to attract candidates. This leads to the ensuing challenge of living up to these promises for the candidates who are ultimately hired. Overpromising and underdelivering leads to a breach of the initial psychological contract. This balancing dilemma is especially pertinent for new and unknown companies, where concerns about the company’s legitimacy as an employer may cause potential candidates not to apply (Williamson, Cable, & Aldrich, 2002). On the one hand, start-ups need and want to attract the best, and on the other hand, they need to be wary of the impression they are creating of the job and the organisation as a place of work, as they would also like the candidates to stay once they are hired. I draw on interviews with managers and newcomers in Danish start-ups to give empirical examples of this challenge and its results, using the literature on psychological contracts (Rousseau, 1995) as an explanatory framework. I discuss what organisations might do to accomplish this balancing feat from theoretical and practical perspectives.

The effect of organizational culture and HR practices on female managers’ commitment and job satisfaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 105-120
Author(s):  
Sunyoung Park ◽  
Min Young Doo
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Female Managers ◽  
Hr Practices ◽  
Using Data

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the structural relationships among organizational culture, human resources (HR) practices and female managers’ organizational commitment and job satisfaction in South Korea. Design/methodology/approach Using data obtained from the Korean Women Manager Panel, 230 responses were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Findings The findings indicated that organizational culture directly affected HR practices and indirectly affected job satisfaction and organizational commitment. In addition, HR practices directly influenced job satisfaction and organizational commitment and indirectly affected organizational commitment through job satisfaction. Finally, job satisfaction had a direct and significant effect on organizational commitment. Originality/value The authors provide an empirical analysis of how organizational culture and functional factors influence organizational commitment and job satisfaction for female managers in the Korean context. The findings of this paper are expected to encourage scholars to pay more attention to the connection between organizational support and HR interventions to improve female managers’ commitment and satisfaction within organizations by emphasizing the alignment between organizational culture and HR practices.

Pengaruh Kepuasan Kerja dan Kontrak Psikologis Terhadap Intention To Quit dengan Komitmen Organisasi Sebagai Variabel Intervening (Studi Pada Pt. Krakatau Steel, Tbk)

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-171
Author(s):  
Fita Fitriyah ◽  
Indi Djastuti
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Psychological Contracts ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Intention To Quit ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Permanent Employees ◽  
Minimum Work

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of job satisfaction and psychological contracts on intention to quit with organizational commitment as an intervening variable. The population used in this study are operational employees of PT Krakatau Steel Tbk. who have become permanent employees with a minimum work period of 1 year and a minimum education level of high school and equivalent. The number of samples used in this study were 190 respondents. Data collection using a questionnaire. This study uses structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis with AMOS software as an analysis tool. The results showed that job satisfaction had a negative and significant effect on intention to quit, psychological contracts had a negative and insignificant effect on intention to quit, job satisfaction had a positive and significant effect on organizational commitment, psychological contracts had a positive and significant effect on organizational commitment and organizational commitment had a significant effect on organizational commitment. negative and significant on the intention to quit.

Linking human resource training and development, employee commitment and job satisfaction: The moderation role of the work environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-75
Author(s):  
Abel Gebremedhn Desta
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Employee Commitment ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Human Resource Training

The main purpose of this article was to investigate the link between human resource training and development, employee commitment and job satisfaction, and the moderation role of the work environment. The quantitative research design was adopted using 212 valid questionnaires that were filled by selected private banks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia using a convenience sampling technique. To validate the factor structure of the observed variables confirmatory factor analysis was applied and Structural Equation Modeling was used to test the hypothesized relationship. The results showed that training and development positively relate to organizational employee commitment and employee job satisfaction of workforces, while the work environment positively moderates this relationship. This implies that investing in human resource training and development positively affects the employee’s commitment to the organization and enhances their satisfaction. The more the work environment is conducive the better the relationship between the study variables. Finally, the implication, limitations, and future studies were discussed. Keywords:  Training and Development, Commitment, Work Environment. Job Satisfaction

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