Role of HRD Practices in Building Organizational Commitment

Abstract

Organizations are striving hard to retain the employees in this highly competitive scenario. Human resource professionals are developing new interventions in order to lock in their individuals. One of the retention strategies would be to build up the commitment in the minds of the individuals towards the organization. The human resource development (HRD) practices have the ability to influence individual’s attitudes and behaviors for increased individual and organizational efficiency. To examine whether the HRD practices makes an impact on the individual’s commitment towards the organization, the present study was carried out. About sixty middle level managers from 3 auto component manufacturing units in Coimbatore were selected for the study. Questionnaires were used to elicit the responses relating to the effectiveness of human resource development practices in the organization and the individual’s organizational commitment. The statistical analysis revealed that, there exists a good positive association between HRD practices and organizational commitment. Further it is notable that all the HRD practices considered in the present study found associating with the commitment level. More specifically, based on the regression analysis results, role  analysis and potential appraisal were found to the more significant influence of organizational commitment. The necessary implications were discussed and thus, the present work supports the fact that the HRD practices mould the individual for increased organizational membership.