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The Moderating Role of Hr Practices on the Association of Employee Engagement and Job Performance

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Author

Bilal, Hazrat

Program

PhD

Institute

Hazara University

City

Mansehra

Province

KPK

Country

Pakistan

Thesis Completing Year

2017

Thesis Completion Status

Completed

Subject

Employee Engagement

Language

English

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http://prr.hec.gov.pk/jspui/bitstream/123456789/9729/1/Hazrat%20Bilal%20Thesis%20.pdf

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2021-02-17 19:49:13

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2024-03-24 20:25:49

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1676725113321

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The purpose of the present research was to examine the relationship between employee engagement and job performance in the context of Private Sector Universities of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It examines the moderating role of human resource practices for the purpose to test the strength of the relationship of employee engagement and job performance. The study specifically focuses upon three human resource practices as moderators. They include: employee’s perception about training, compensation and performance appraisal. Moreover, employee engagement was taken as independent variable, and job performance dimensions (contextual performance, task performance and counterproductive work behavior) were taken as dependent variables. The study followed a survey design and was conducted in the Private Sector Universities of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Simple random sampling with a formula of finite population was used to select a sample size of 293 academic staff serving at ten Private Sector Universities. Both descriptive and inferential statistical techniques were applied to analyze the data. Findings suggest that employee engagement is vital to employees and indeed influence employees’ job performance of academic staff in the Private Sector Universities. Whereas, training, compensation and performance appraisal have a moderating effect on the relationship between employee engagement and job performance. To improve employee’s job performance in Private Sector Universities of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, it is recommended that the Universities must pay more attention to its employees’ engagement and human resources practices, so that they can achieve the individual as well as organizational strategic objectives.
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مری نظر میں محبت وہ کامیاب نہیں

مری نظر میں محبت وہ کامیاب نہیں
اٹھایا جس نے کبھی ہجر کا عذاب نہیں

مری خطائوں کا رکھا تو ہے حساب اس نے
مری وفائوں کا رکھا مگر حساب نہیں

ہر ایک تیر نشانے پہ جا کے لگتا ہے
نگاہِ ناز کے تیروں کا تو جواب نہیں

وہ میرے پہلو میں آکر ہیں یوں دراز ہوئے
یقین ہی نہیں آتا یہ کوئی خوب نہیں

ہم ایسی بزم میں تائب جی کس لیے جائیں
جہاں شباب نہیں، شیشہ و کباب نہیں

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