The Impact of Human Resource Practices on Employees’ Intention to Stay and Organisational Commitment in the IT Firms

Abstract

The growing body of knowledge is supporting the impact of human resource (HR) practices on employees' intention to stay and organizational commitment. The purpose of the study is to contribute in the existing knowledge by analysing the HR practices of the IT sector. The existing literature is reviewed in the light of this topic to identify key factors affecting employees' intention to stay and their organisational commitment. Factors were identified such as employees' fit to the organisation, remuneration, training and career development practices, appraisal, reward and motivation to test the impact on employees' intention to stay and their organisational commitment. The study was conducted in different phases using quantitative methods. Snow ball and convenience sampling were used to collect the data from IT sector employees. The present study has identified several empirically developed dimensions and also ensures the validity and reliability of these dimensions. After applying regression analysis, the impact of selected components was tested on employees' intention to stay and their commitment level towards the organisation.