Strategic Human Resource Practices and Employee’s Engagement: Evidence from Jordanian Commercial Banks

Abstract

The study investigates the impact of strategic human resource practices on employee engagement and the mediating role of transformational leadership in the context of Jordanian 13 commercial banks. This study will be a pioneer study in Jordan that will analyze the same topic up to the researcher’s boundaries of knowledge.  The research population consists of all the 13 Jordanian commercial banks, as per the website for the Association of Banks in Jordan (Association of Banks in Jordan, 2020). The number of workers in the banks is estimated at 15,553. The researcher will use the proportional stratified random sample technique.  According to the population size (15,553) divided on the selected banks and depending on Sekaran`s table (Sekaran & Bougie, 2016, 263), the sample size was determined based on the employees` number in each selected bank with an acceptable margin of error 5%. The sample size is 375. The unit of analysis in this study will be the employee working in Jordanian commercial banks. The study results confirm the impact of HRM on employee’s commitment and the partial mediating role of transformational leadership.