Enhancing employee engagement through HRM practices: A study of the education sector in Jordan

Type of the article: Research Article AbstractThe study aims to investigate the influence of particular human resource management (HRM) practices on employee engagement in the Jordanian education sector, including recruitment and selection, training and development, compensation, and performance ap...

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Main Author: Abdallah Ali Mohammad Alrifae
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Language:English
Published: LLC "CPC "Business Perspectives" 2025-08-01
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description Type of the article: Research Article AbstractThe study aims to investigate the influence of particular human resource management (HRM) practices on employee engagement in the Jordanian education sector, including recruitment and selection, training and development, compensation, and performance appraisal. Employee engagement in this case is the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral involvement of the personnel within their institutions. Data were collected through structured questionnaires distributed to academic staff, administrative personnel, and HR professionals across three educational institutions in Jordan. A total of 391 completed responses were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). Findings indicate that each of the four HRM practices had positive impact on employee engagement where performance appraisal (beta = 0.41, p < 0.001) was found to have the most influence followed by other three in the following order: compensation (beta = 0.34), recruitment and selection (beta = 0.32), and training and development (beta = 0.28). All these variables accounted for 68% of the variance in employee engagement. Although the results have been combined across employee categories in the present study, comparing responses based on their type of role would provide insight into future studies. The results demonstrate the business essence of HRM’s organizational systems in developing engagement and institutional performance in the field of education.
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spelling doaj-art-13e6df87efd244eebf0be3f8535487d42025-08-26T09:56:37ZengLLC "CPC "Business Perspectives"Problems and Perspectives in Management1727-70511810-54672025-08-0123337238410.21511/ppm.23(3).2025.2722766Enhancing employee engagement through HRM practices: A study of the education sector in JordanAbdallah Ali Mohammad Alrifae0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3300-9998Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Business, Middle East University, JordanType of the article: Research Article AbstractThe study aims to investigate the influence of particular human resource management (HRM) practices on employee engagement in the Jordanian education sector, including recruitment and selection, training and development, compensation, and performance appraisal. Employee engagement in this case is the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral involvement of the personnel within their institutions. Data were collected through structured questionnaires distributed to academic staff, administrative personnel, and HR professionals across three educational institutions in Jordan. A total of 391 completed responses were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). Findings indicate that each of the four HRM practices had positive impact on employee engagement where performance appraisal (beta = 0.41, p < 0.001) was found to have the most influence followed by other three in the following order: compensation (beta = 0.34), recruitment and selection (beta = 0.32), and training and development (beta = 0.28). All these variables accounted for 68% of the variance in employee engagement. Although the results have been combined across employee categories in the present study, comparing responses based on their type of role would provide insight into future studies. The results demonstrate the business essence of HRM’s organizational systems in developing engagement and institutional performance in the field of education.https://www.businessperspectives.org/images/pdf/applications/publishing/templates/article/assets/22766/PPM_2025_03_Alrifae.pdfcompensationeducationengagementHRMperformance appraisalrecruitment
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Enhancing employee engagement through HRM practices: A study of the education sector in Jordan
Problems and Perspectives in Management
compensation
education
engagement
HRM
performance appraisal
recruitment
title Enhancing employee engagement through HRM practices: A study of the education sector in Jordan
title_full Enhancing employee engagement through HRM practices: A study of the education sector in Jordan
title_fullStr Enhancing employee engagement through HRM practices: A study of the education sector in Jordan
title_full_unstemmed Enhancing employee engagement through HRM practices: A study of the education sector in Jordan
title_short Enhancing employee engagement through HRM practices: A study of the education sector in Jordan
title_sort enhancing employee engagement through hrm practices a study of the education sector in jordan
topic compensation
education
engagement
HRM
performance appraisal
recruitment
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