Research Methodology on HRM Practices Impacting Employee Performance

This report investigates Human Resource Management (HRM) practices and their influence on employee performance, employing a qualitative research approach and interpretivism philosophy. Inductive reasoning and exploratory research design are utilized, focusing on secondary data collectio...Read More

RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY

Table of Contents
TOPIC..............................................................................................................................................1
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................1
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY....................................................................................................2
Research type...............................................................................................................................2
Research Philosophy....................................................................................................................2
Research approach.......................................................................................................................2
Research design...........................................................................................................................3
Data collection.............................................................................................................................3
Data Analysis...............................................................................................................................3
Ethical issues...............................................................................................................................3
REFERECNES................................................................................................................................4

TOPIC
To identify different HRM practices that can be adopted by organization for enhancing
employee performance.
LITERATURE REVIEW
According to the view of Mira, Choong and Thim, (2019) human resource management a
vital and important role within an organization that can directly help in enhancement of overall
performance of employees. There are many different kinds of HRM practices and methods that
can be focused upon and adopted by organizations for enhancing overall performance of
employees in an appropriate manner. First and the foremost important type of HRM practice that
directly influence employee performance is training and development. Provision of effective
training and development to employees can directly help in enhancement of their existing skills
and knowledge that can further help organizations in enhancing overall performance of
employees. This is because training and development provision directly help employees in
gaining understanding of their job roles and responsibilities in an appropriate and accurate
manner. Whereas another appropriate HRM practice that can help in enhancement of employee
performance is performance appraisal. It can directly help in rewarding employees as per their
performance which further helps in motivating employees so that they can work upon themselves
and bring improvement within their overall performance themselves.
As per the view of Manzoor and et. al., (2019) adoption of an appropriate HRM practice
by organizations is extremely important because it can directly affect performance, satisfaction
and motivation of employees which can effectively affect overall performance of organization.
One of the most important HRM practice is recruitment and selection and it can affect employee
performance as well. This is because it is first and foremost responsibility of HR to recruit and
select appropriate candidate with appropriate skills, knowledge and qualities who can fulfil job
roles and responsibilities in an appropriate and adequate manner (Mira, Choong and Thim,
2019). If appropriate person is not selected for the job role then will eventually degrade overall
performance of employee. Employee empowerment is another important HRM practice which is
required to be focused upon as it can further affect performance of all the staff members. It is an
important HRM practice because it can result in increased or decreased involvement of
employees. When employees are empowered on their decision making there are more interested
in achievement of goals and objectives of organization.
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However as elaborated by Hameed and et. al., (2020) there are many HRM practices that
can be adopted by organization bot enhancement of employee performance but not all HRM
practices are effective and can help in enhancement of performance of staff members. One of
the best practices of HRM that can be adopted by organization is reward of compensation
practice. It is one of the best and highly preferred practices of HRM that can be adopted by
companies for enhancement of overall performance of employees (Mira, Choong and Thim,
2019). Provision of reward and compensation can directly help in providing better results. These
rewards and compensation can be both monetary and non-monetary and provision of both type of
compensation and rewards can motivate employees so that they can bring further improvement
within their overall performance.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research type
Research type selected fir this research project of business is qualitative research type. In
this type of research only textual or non- numerical data or information is collected. Qualitative
research type is an appropriate type of research that can be sued by the researcher because it can
directly help in providing detailed insight of impact of HRM practices upon employee
performance.
Research Philosophy
Research philosophy that has been selected for this research is interpretivism research
philosophy. It is an appropriate research philosophy that can be adopted for this business
research project because this philosophy can directly help in interpreting all the main elements of
the research in order to integrate and enhance human interest into the research study (Sekaran
and Bougie, 2019). It is mostly used in qualitative research studies for interpreting all the main
elements for achievement of main research objectives of the research.
Research approach
For this research, inductive research approach has been selected and adopted by the
researcher. It is an appropriate research approach for this business research project. It is an
appropriate approach that can be adopted as it can directly help in proposing appropriate
observations and theories at the end of the research that can directly help in achievement of
desired aim and objectives of the research. Adoption of this approach can further help in
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identifying different HRM practices that can be used for enhancing overall performance of
employees.
Research design
For this research, exploratory research design method has been selected by the researcher.
Selection of this design method is appropriate because it can directly help in exploring research
question so that overall solution or conclusion to existing problem can be identified (Yeomans,
2017). This design can directly help in exploring different kinds of HRM practices that can be
used for resolving main problem of employee performance Faced by business organization in an
appropriate manner.
Data collection
For this research, secondary data has been focused upon to be collected by the researcher.
Collection of secondary data can be done through different methods such as books, journal,
articles, online portals, organizational websites etc. This secondary data will directly help in
developing base of the research and identifying appropriate HRM methods that can directly help
in enhancing overall employee performance of business organizations.
Data Analysis
For analysis of secondary data collected, thematic data analysis method has been selected
by the researcher. It is an appropriate method to be selected for analysis of secondary data
(Yeomans, 2017). This method will directly help in segregating collected data into common
themes so that main research questions can be answered in an appropriate manner.
Ethical issues
Ethical issues associated with this research project are: it is important to site all the data
used of other researchers. None of the data of others researchers should be used as one’s own
data. All the data used should be authentic and should be from authentic website.
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REFERECNES
Books and Journals
Hameed, Z., and et. al., 2020. Do green HRM practices influence employees' environmental
performance?. International Journal of Manpower.
Manzoor, F., and et. al., 2019. An examination of sustainable HRM practices on job
performance: An application of training as a moderator. Sustainability, 11(8), p.2263.
Mira, M., Choong, Y. and Thim, C., 2019. The effect of HRM practices and employees’ job
satisfaction on employee performance. Management Science Letters, 9(6), pp.771-786.
Sekaran, U. and Bougie, R., 2019. Research methods for business: A skill building approach.
john wiley & sons.
Yeomans, L., 2017. Qualitative methods in business research.
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