Transformational Leadership

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology

International Journal of Social, Behavioral, Educational, Economic and Management Engineering Vol:8, No:10, 2014

The Impact of Strategic HRM Practices on Employee’s

Job Satisfaction: The Moderating Effect of

Transformational Leadership

Zeeshan Hamid, Sarwar Mehmood Azhar

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International Science Index Vol:8, No:10, 2014 waset.org/Publication/10000068

Abstract—The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the positive

impact of SHRM practices and transformational leadership style on

employees job satisfaction and to develop a conceptual understanding

of the moderating role of transformational leadership between the

relationship of SHRM practices and employees job satisfaction. This

study focuses on four SHRM practices that have positive relationship

with employee’s job satisfaction.

Keywords—Employee’s job satisfaction, moderating effect of

transformational leadership, SHRM practices, transformational

leadership, theoretical framework.

I. INTRODUCTION

R

ECENTLY human resource management (consequently

HRM) literature emphasis the strategic perspective with

regards to its role in the value creation activities in the form of

strategic human resource management (consequently SHRM)

and employees job satisfaction which ultimately enhance

employee’s performance and contribute to organizational

performance [1]. The development of SHRM in the early

1990s came into view that stresses the value driven

methodology in HRM [2] and this development has been

noticed in both the research literature and noteworthy attention

has been paid by the HRM practitioners [3]. According to [4]

HRM is a procedure, philosophy and practices that deals with

management of human resources in the organizations. HRM is

an important area that influences the behaviors of employees

such as organizational commitment and job satisfaction [5].

The study of [6]-[8] showed that HRM practices include

compensation,...