The Influence of Human Resources Management Practices & Employees' Outcomes in the Organizational Performance of Small Businesses in Baghdad

Yusra Yaseen, Lazim and Noor Azlinna, Azizan (2012) The Influence of Human Resources Management Practices & Employees' Outcomes in the Organizational Performance of Small Businesses in Baghdad. International Journal of Technology Management (1). pp. 77-88. ISSN 2289-2753. (Published)

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Abstract

Human resources best practices are functional activities and strategic plans that enable improved services to employees and increased profitability for the employer. Using data from Iraq, paper investigates the relationship among human resources management practices, the employees' outcomes, and the organizational performance in small businesses. This study derives from three fields of knowledge: human resources management, employee outcomes, and organizational performance. Questionnaires are distributed to 16 small businesses in Baghdad, Iraq and analyze by using Arithmetic mean, Standard deviation, Coefficient of variation, Spearman, Simple linear regression and Mann Whitney test. The finding suggests that there are significant relationships between a group of human resources management practices in small businesses, and commitment, trust, involvement, cooperation, while it did not record a clear relationship with the latter variable.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Engineering Technology
Depositing User: Noorul Farina Arifin
Date Deposited: 17 Apr 2014 03:55
Last Modified: 02 May 2018 06:27
URI: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/5593
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