An Assessment of human resource management practices and its impact on Organizational outcomes: A Case of PEF (Punjab Education Foundation)

Abstract

The conducted study aimed at investigating relationship between human resource practices, knowledge management and organizational outcomes in project based education organization Punjab Education Foundation in Pakistan. In addition, the study examined the relationship human resource practices (HR practices) (effective communication, job design, staffing, rewards and incentives, career development, job security, work life balance and appraisal. The main study was conducted through sample of 248 employees working at different level in Punjab Education in between 25 and 50 and above belonging to the city of Lahore, Rwalpindi and Multan. Survey method was used to collect data comprising of three sections including the demographic sheet, human resource management practices scale, knowledge management scale and organizational outcomes scale. Moreover, multiple regression analysis for Baron and Kenny (1986) steps four mediation analysis performed. The results showed that knowledge management partial mediated between effective communication (β= .493, p=0.000), job design (β= .457, p=0.000), staffing (β= .398, p=0.000), rewards and incentives (β= .336, p=0.000), career development (β= .336, p=0.000), job security (β= .340, p=0.000) and work life balance variables (β= .375, p=0.000) and fully mediated between appraisal (β= .303, p=0.000) organizational outcomes. The PEF has moderate level of working environment and organizational strategies. The consideration of the research finding is based on the recommendations to develop and improve the techniques and betterment of internal working environment and human resource management practices for motivating human capital to achieve goals effectively and efficiently