A Bayesian network model on the interlinkage between Socially Responsible HRM, employee satisfaction, employee commitment and organizational performance

Abstract

In recent years several studies have been made to understand the impact of Socially Responsible HRM practices on Organizational Performance. Employee progress, community and environment play an important role in the sustainable growth of an organization. Thus, organizations are always looking for the ways to improve the employee satisfaction vis-a-vis commitment to improve the performance. Recent studies have shown that as employees are important stakeholder, hence formulating proper Socially Responsible HRM practices may help organization to better the returns on assets. The main objective of the study is to identify the relationship among various dimensions of Socially Responsible HRM practices with dimensions of employee satisfaction, employee commitment and organizational performance for Indian manufacturing sector by using Bayesian Network approach. Results of the study establish the relationship between dimensions of Socially Responsible HRM and Organizational Performance.

Keywords:

• socially responsible HRM
• manufacturing industry
• employee satisfaction
• employee commitment
• organizational performance
• Bayesian network

Acknowledgements

The authors are thankful to the two anonymous referees for their critical review of the earlier version of the paper. Authors are also thankful to the editor of the journal for his suggestions. This paper was revised in light of the above suggestions and comments.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This research is supported by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (02/136/2016-17/RPR).