The mediating role of employee performance in the relationship between human resource management (HRM) practices and police service effectiveness

Purpose – The efficiency of each of an organization’s individual workers determines its effectiveness. The study aims to explore the relationship between human resource management (HRM) practices and organizational effectiveness with employee performance as a mediating variable. Design/methodology/a...

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Main Author: Frank Nana Kweku Otoo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Emerald Publishing 2024-08-01
Series:IIM Ranchi Journal of Management Studies
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Online Access:https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IRJMS-08-2023-0070/full/pdf
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description Purpose – The efficiency of each of an organization’s individual workers determines its effectiveness. The study aims to explore the relationship between human resource management (HRM) practices and organizational effectiveness with employee performance as a mediating variable. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from 800 police officers in the Greater Accra and Tema regions. The data were supported by the hypothesized relationship. Construct reliability and validity was established through confirmatory factor analysis. The proposed model and hypotheses were evaluated using structural equation modeling. Findings – The results show that career planning and employee performance were significantly related. Self-managed teams and employee performance were shown to be nonsignificantly related. Similarly, performance management and employee performance were shown to be nonsignificantly related. Employee performance significantly influenced organizational effectiveness. The results further indicate that employee performance mediates the relationship between HRM practices and organizational effectiveness. Research limitations/implications – The generalizability of the findings will be constrained due to the research’s police service focus and cross-sectional data. Practical implications – The study’s findings will serve as valuable pointers for the police administration in the adoption, design and implementation of well-articulated and proactive HRM practices to improve the abilities, skills, knowledge and motivation of officer’s to inordinately enhance the effectiveness of the service. Originality/value – By evidencing empirically that employee performance mediates the relationship between HRM practice and organizational effectiveness, the study extends the literature.
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spelling doaj-art-4c22c254610c4cdfad0da0242b464e782025-08-20T02:11:55ZengEmerald PublishingIIM Ranchi Journal of Management Studies2754-01382754-01462024-08-013210814110.1108/IRJMS-08-2023-0070The mediating role of employee performance in the relationship between human resource management (HRM) practices and police service effectivenessFrank Nana Kweku Otoo0Department of Secretaryship and Management Studies, Faculty of Business and Management Studies, Koforidua Technical University, Koforidua, GhanaPurpose – The efficiency of each of an organization’s individual workers determines its effectiveness. The study aims to explore the relationship between human resource management (HRM) practices and organizational effectiveness with employee performance as a mediating variable. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from 800 police officers in the Greater Accra and Tema regions. The data were supported by the hypothesized relationship. Construct reliability and validity was established through confirmatory factor analysis. The proposed model and hypotheses were evaluated using structural equation modeling. Findings – The results show that career planning and employee performance were significantly related. Self-managed teams and employee performance were shown to be nonsignificantly related. Similarly, performance management and employee performance were shown to be nonsignificantly related. Employee performance significantly influenced organizational effectiveness. The results further indicate that employee performance mediates the relationship between HRM practices and organizational effectiveness. Research limitations/implications – The generalizability of the findings will be constrained due to the research’s police service focus and cross-sectional data. Practical implications – The study’s findings will serve as valuable pointers for the police administration in the adoption, design and implementation of well-articulated and proactive HRM practices to improve the abilities, skills, knowledge and motivation of officer’s to inordinately enhance the effectiveness of the service. Originality/value – By evidencing empirically that employee performance mediates the relationship between HRM practice and organizational effectiveness, the study extends the literature.https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IRJMS-08-2023-0070/full/pdfHRM practicesOrganizational effectivenessEmployee performancePolicingLaw enforcement agencies
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The mediating role of employee performance in the relationship between human resource management (HRM) practices and police service effectiveness
IIM Ranchi Journal of Management Studies
HRM practices
Organizational effectiveness
Employee performance
Policing
Law enforcement agencies
title The mediating role of employee performance in the relationship between human resource management (HRM) practices and police service effectiveness
title_full The mediating role of employee performance in the relationship between human resource management (HRM) practices and police service effectiveness
title_fullStr The mediating role of employee performance in the relationship between human resource management (HRM) practices and police service effectiveness
title_full_unstemmed The mediating role of employee performance in the relationship between human resource management (HRM) practices and police service effectiveness
title_short The mediating role of employee performance in the relationship between human resource management (HRM) practices and police service effectiveness
title_sort mediating role of employee performance in the relationship between human resource management hrm practices and police service effectiveness
topic HRM practices
Organizational effectiveness
Employee performance
Policing
Law enforcement agencies
url https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IRJMS-08-2023-0070/full/pdf
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