Perceived effectiveness of human resource management practices in a private hospital in China and its relationship to employees' job satisfaction and organizational commitment

Abstract

This study, which aimed to determine the perceived effectiveness of HRM practices in a private hospital in China and its relationship to employees' job satisfaction and organizational commitment, utilized the survey-correlational research design. The respondents of this study were 152 employees who were randomly selected from a population of 244 from five departments, such as neurology, oncology and radiotherapy, neurosurgery, orthotics, and rehabilitation medicine in a private hospital in Henan Province, China. The stratified random sampling was also used to ensure that employees are proportionally represented. The data required for this study were collected through a researcher-made questionnaire. The frequency count, percentage analysis, mean, and standard deviation will be used for descriptive statistical analysis. The t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Pearson's r were used for inferential data analysis. All inferential statistics were set at the 0.05 significance level. The duration for the conduct of this study was from November 2023 to May 2024. The results of the study revealed the following major findings: Most of the respondents are females, with preponderance of single and married employees, the dominant age is between 21 to 30 years old with great majority who hold the position of rank and file employees and most number of employees having 6 to 10 years of service experience; The employees perceived the human resource management practices in terms of recruitment and selection, training and development, and job analysis was effective when respondents were taken as an entire group and when classified according to sex, marital status, age, job level, and years of service; The employees were satisfied with their job in terms compensation and benefits, training and development, and job analysis when respondents were taken as an entire group and when classified according to sex, marital status, age, job level, and years of service; they had high level of organizational commitment in terms of affective, continuance, and normative among employees taken as an entire group and classified according to sex, marital status, age, job level, and years of service; Significant differences existed in the perceived effectiveness of human resource management practices in terms of recruitment and analysis when respondents were grouped according to sex but no significant differences when grouped according to marital status, age, job level, and years of service; significant differences existed in job satisfaction in terms of compensation and benefits when respondents were grouped according to marital status but no significant differences were noted in terms of working condition and working relationship when grouped according to sex, marital status, age, job level, and years of service; Significant differences existed in employees’ organizational commitment in terms of normative when respondents were classified according to marital status; No significant relationships exist among the perceived effectiveness of human resource management practices in terms of recruitment and selection, training and development, and job analysis; employees' job satisfaction in terms of compensation and benefits, working conditions, and working relationships; and employees’ organizational commitment in terms of affective, continuance, and normative.