Specific HR practices and employee commitment: the mediating role of job satisfaction

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to increase understanding of the influence mechanisms of specific HR practices variables - salary, job stability and job enrichment - upon employee commitment, through the mediating role of job satisfaction, in a developing country context. Crucially, these indicate employee commitment. Design/methodology/approach The study analyzed three specific HR practices with a sample of 263 employees in the banking industry of Pakistan. A structural equation modeling methodology is adopted. Findings The findings indicate that remuneration strategies were positively related to job satisfaction and employee commitment. Regarding the intervening impact of job satisfaction, this study found that it mediates only for non-monetary strategies between job satisfaction and employee commitment. Originality/value The research offers a unique understanding from the developing country context of Pakistan. This provides a novel study conducted to examine employee commitment using the high-performance work practices model.