Title: Influencing employee attitudes through HR practices: an exploratory study in Indian IT sector

Authors: Surya Prakash Pati, Mousumi Padhi, Pankaj Kumar

Addresses: Indian Institute of Management, Prabandh Nagar, Off Sitapur Road, Lucknow, UP 226013, India. ' Xavier Institute of Management, Xavier Square, Bhubaneswar, Orissa 751013, India. ' Human Resource Management Group, Indian Institute of Management, Prabandh Nagar, Off Sitapur Road, Lucknow, UP 226013, India

Abstract: The importance of employee work attitudes in enhancing organisational performance is well recognised in academic literature as well as in business organisations. However, the importance of HR practices in shaping and inducing such desirable work attitudes is least investigated empirically. This study wishes to fill this gap in literature by isolating the HR practices predictors of two such work attitudes – organisational-based self-esteem (OBSE) and job involvement (JI). The HR practices of selection practices and internal promotion, employee voice and greater involvement in decision making and work teams are found to be significantly usable in eliciting the manifestation of the above listed work attitudes. The influence of gender on the linkage between the HR practices and employee work attitudes is also examined and very insightful managerial implications applicable to Indian IT industry were deduced.

Keywords: employees; human resource management; HRM; organisational-based self-esteem; job involvement; ICT; information technology; communications technology; organisational performance; work attitudes; selection practices; internal promotion; employee voice; decision making; work teams; gender; group imbeddedness; embeddedness; India; Indian culture; business management; employee involvement.

DOI: 10.1504/IJICBM.2010.035668

International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, 2010 Vol.3 No.6, pp.607 - 622

Published online: 02 Oct 2010 *

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