Home⇛Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal⇛vol. 27 no. 8 (2024)

Human Resource Management Practices and Job Satisfaction among Medium Enterprises Employees

Zenaida Guiano | Marlene Juan | Melanie Gulmatico | Benazer Rakim | Godofredo Villa | Ginalyn Dabalos | Joylyn Gamiao

Discipline: human resource management

 

Abstract:

This paper intends to investigate the relationship of human resource management practices (human resource recruitment, marketing management, financial management, and sales management) and job satisfaction among medium enterprise employees in service provider. The researchers used descriptive statistics to treat the problems, and Pearson r correlation to investigate the relationship of two variables. Results showed profile of the respondents had positive influence on job satisfaction among employees. Therefore, the null hypothesis was rejected at 0.05 level of significant. Further, human resource management practices in terms of human resource recruitment, marketing management, financial management, and sales management were oftentimes manifested that service providers are knowledgeable in different management skills in enterprises. The training, good relationship with superiors, co-employees, and skillful managers had substantial relationship on job satisfaction of the medium enterprise employees, considering the benefits as well as the effective good communication between subordinates and supervisor. In conclusion, this study contributes to the growing importance of skillful service provider. Additionally, the researcher found out that employees in Sultan Kudarat who are assigned in medium enterprises are highly satisfied on their job, thus implying that managers of the deferent sections of the business were knowledgeable in management skills such as in the recruitment of human resource, marketing management, financial, and sales management. Further, it can be concluded that findings of this study may serve as guiding principles for those who want to put up medium enterprises.



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