EFFECTS OF HR PRACTICES ON JOB SATISFACTION OF PROJECT TEAMS AT AUTOMOBILE SECTOR IN KARACHI

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.