Abstract:
Automotive industry is one of the major industries of Pakistan which are positively
influencing the economic development and growth of this country.The assessment of
different HR factors, responsible to affect the supervisor and managerial level project
teams’ job satisfaction was the objective of this research. This paper aims to study
relationships in between job satisfaction and selected human resource management
practices i.e. Recruitment & Selection, Training & Development, Salary & Benefits,
Recognition & Reward, Performance Appraisals, Career Growth Opportunities, Work
Environment and Work-Life Balance. For determining views of supervisors/ manager level
project team members of three leading-automobile companies-at-Karachijdata-w-as-colleGted-
from 151 supervisors/ project managers which had been directly involved in project related
activities. JD-ata-was-anaLyzed-byapplying-regression-and-correlation-through-SPSS-version-
20. The result revealed that selected HRM practices were in positive correlated with job
satisfaction. It was also found that working environment, career growth opportunities,
performance appraisal, work life balanceand recognition & rewards have strong correlation
with job satisfaction. The other variables were found to have comparatively low
relationship with dependent variable. The outcome of regression showed that work
environment, career growth opportunities, recognition & rewards and salary & benefits
the variables which have significant impact on dependent variable. The reasons for such
results may be the complex nature of project environment in which study was conducted.
The results of the research will be helpful for the automobile sector for enhancing the level
of job satisfaction of its project teams. Higher management of automobile sector may
utilize the findings of the research to improve HR practices which will in turn enhance the
success ratio of projects. HR department and higher management of this sector may use this
research to motivate project managers and supervisor and to create a sense of ownership
and loyalty amongst them. The research also provides the literature for future researches.
