Satisfaction with HR practices and commitment to the organisation: why one size does not fit all

This article examines the links between employees' satisfaction with HR practices and their commitment to the organisation. It draws on recently collected data to examine these links for three groups of employees: professionals, line managers and workers. Satisfaction with some HR practices app...

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Published inHuman resource management journal Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 9 - 29
Main Authors Kinnie, Nicholas, Hutchinson, Sue, Purcell, John, Rayton, Bruce, Swart, Juani
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2005
Subjects
Correlation analysis
Employee attitude
Employees
Human resource management
Loyalty
Organizational behavior
Regression analysis
Studies
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Summary:This article examines the links between employees' satisfaction with HR practices and their commitment to the organisation. It draws on recently collected data to examine these links for three groups of employees: professionals, line managers and workers. Satisfaction with some HR practices appears to be linked to the commitment of all employees, while the link for others varies befuwn the three employee groups. These findings pose a challenge to the universalistic model of HRM and have implications for those seeking to design practices that will improve organisational commitment.
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ArticleID:HRMJ9
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ISSN:0954-5395
1748-8583
DOI:10.1111/j.1748-8583.2005.tb00293.x