Evaluating HR Practices on Organizational Productivity
with the Mediation Effect of Employee Satisfaction
Evidences from Higher Education Sectors of Karachi
Pakistan
Muhammad Masood Mir
PhD Scholar at Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, Faculty
of Management Sciences, KASBIT, Karachi
Hafiz Muhammad Sharif
Faculty of Management Sciences, KASBIT, Karachi
Nousheen Abbas Naqvi
Faculty of Management Sciences, KASBIT, Karachi
Abstract
In the fast moving era, Human resource management is
considered as the most important department in terms of
organizational efficiency as well as for getting a
competitive advantage, so the HR department and its
functions should be aligning with the organization for
enhancing performance of the organization. Therefore
this study aims to highlight the factors which are
important for an HR to follow for enhancing the
organizational productivity as well as increase the
satisfaction level of the employees within the higher
education sector of Karachi, Pakistan. The data from 100
samples was collected through structured closed ended
questionnaire of the various Higher education sectors of
Karachi, Pakistan with a systematic random sampling.
Furthermore, the reliability and validity has been
tested though cronbach’s alpha and for the validation of
data EFA is used, and specifying total components taken
in this research. It was found that HR practices like
work environment, training and development (T&D),
performance appraisal (PA), Compensation (COMP), and
supervision support (SS) have a positive influence on
Organizational Productivity (OP) with the true mediation
of Job satisfaction (JS). Organization should focus on
T&D programs to increase the productivity of the
organization and Job satisfaction.
Keywords: HR Practices, Higher education sectors, Organizational productivity, Pakistan, Training and Development, Job satisfaction
