THE EFFECT OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON TEACHERS’ MOTIVATION IN CHINA

Abstract

Human resource management (HRM) practices have impacted the organization in many ways. One of them is on the employees’ motivation. Within the context of education sector, HRM is significantly affecting the teachers’ motivation. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of HRM and teachers’ motivation with the assumption and predictability of key dimensions of HRM in relation to performance appraisal, recruitment, reward and training towards teachers’ motivation. A quantitative research methodology was applied, and four research questions were tested to determine the effect of HRM practices on teachers’ motivation in Beijing, China. The instrument used in this study was adapted from previous studies. The findings indicated that performance appraisal has the highest mean value of 4.006 followed by recruitment (3.97), reward (3.897) and training (3.873). The regression analysis showed that HRM have a significant positive influence on teachers’ motivation. This research has contributed to the HRM practices which are recruitment, training, reward and performance have the positive effect to teachers’ motivation. Teachers’ motivation is portrayed through their motivation to commit to the job, having high level of satisfaction to the job, gaining the value from the job, lesser stress feeling and job abdication consideration.