IMPACT OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (HRM) PRACTICES ON ACADEMIC STAFF RETENTION

Abstract

The study strives to explore the effect of HRM practices on the retention of employees in the context of DHACSS. The research examines the effectiveness of the current training and development (T&D) programs, compensation, employee empowerment (EE), and organizational culture (OC) in employee retention (ER) from the academicians’ perception. By gathering the opinions of the academicians, it would reflect how they distinguish as satisfactory development which may improve their job promotion and further career planning. Quantitative data is gathered by employing the non-probability self-administered questionnaire comprising of questions with five points Likert scale. The questionnaire is distributed to the research respondents. In assessing and evaluating the gathered data, SPSS technique is used. The target population in this study is the academic staff of DHACSS regardless of the campuses. The total number of academic staff at DHACSS is 1500; incorporating all the campuses. Hence, according to the used calculator, the size of the sample in this study will be 306 respondents. The research study has demonstrated significant association between the HRM practices and the retention of academic staff at DHACSS. The element of organizational culture is proved to be extremely vital in relation to ER as founded from this research. To conclude, the entire research successfully recognizes that training and development, compensation, employee empowerment, and organizational culture are the vital consideration for the academic staff’s retention decision at DHACSS. It can be said that DHACSS has executed HRM practices successfully in the organization and is in the superior position to retain its highly talented and key academic staff in comparison to the other competitors functioning in the private educational sector of Pakistan.