Oman

The current issue and full text archive of this ledger is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0048-3486.htm HRM practices and organizational functioning in Oman Unnikammu Moideenkutty, Asya Al-Lamki and Y. Sree Rama Murthy grand Turk Qaboos University, Al Khod, Oman Abstract Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test the relationship between high-involvement charitable resource management practices and organizational effect in the Sultanate of Oman, an Arabian Gulf country. Design/methodology/ set about Companies listed in the Muscat Securities Market in the Sultanate of Oman were surveyed. The ?nal sample consisted of 87 companies. Survey responses were subjected to statistical analysis. Financial times of organizational performance were likewise used in the analysis for a subset of the sample for which these entropy were available. Findings Results of the statistical analysis indicated that, after controlling for size, type of ?rm (publicly traded or closely held) and average industry price-earnings ratio, high involvement human resource management practices were positively related to subjective organizational performance and an objective measure of performance, ratio of market set to book value.

Research limitations/implications Research limitations include measuring high-involvement HRM practices and subjective organizational performance from the same source, assuming that HRM practices are supply across organizational levels and using a composite measure of high-involvement HRM practices. Future research should address these limitations. Practical implications The results of the study fire that organizations in the Arabian Gulf can enhance their performance by implementing high-involvement HRM practices in spite of the unique national ending and special features of the labour market in the region. Originality/value To the outgo of ones knowledge, this is the ?rst study of high-involvement HRM practices and organizational performance in the... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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