Impact of human resource development (HRD) practices on pharmaceutical industry’s performance: The mediating role of employee performance
European Journal of Training and Development
ISSN: 2046-9012
Article publication date: 8 January 2019
Issue publication date: 20 February 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of employee performance in the association between human resource development (HRD) practices and organizational performance.
Design/methodology/approach
An integrated research model was developed by combining principal factors from existing literature. Data were collected through questionnaire from 700 employees of the selected pharmaceutical industries. The validity of the model and hypotheses was tested using structural equation modeling. The reliability and validity of the dimensions are established through confirmatory factor analysis.
Findings
The results indicate that some HRD practices influence organizational performance through their impact on employee performance. The study further revealed that employee performance mediates the association between HRD practices and organizational performance.
Research limitations/implications
The research was undertaken in the pharmaceutical industry and the analysis is based on cross-sectional data, which cannot be generalized across a broader range of sectors.
Practical implications
The findings of the study have the potential to help policy makers, stakeholders and management of pharmaceutical industries in adopting properly and well-articulated HRD practices to enhance the quality of human capital and create sustainable competitive advantage.
Originality/value
This study extends the literature by adducing evidence empirically that employee performance mediated the association between HRD practices and organizational performance of the pharmaceutical industry in Ghana.
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Acknowledgements
Retraction notice: The publishers of the European Journal of Training and Development wish to retract the article Otoo, F.N.K., Otoo, E.A., Abledu, G.K. and Bhardwaj, A. (2019), “Impact of human resource development (HRD) practices on pharmaceutical industry’s performance: The mediating role of employee performance”, published in the European Journal of Training and Development, Vol. 43 Nos 1/2, pp. 188-210.
It has come to our attention that a large proportion of this article is copied, without sufficient attribution, from a number of earlier sources. These were:
Otoo, F.N.K. and Mishra, M. (2018), “Measuring the impact of human resource development (HRD) practices on employee performance in small and medium scale enterprises”, European Journal of Training and Development, Vol. 42 Nos 7/8, pp. 517-534, https://doi.org/10.1108/EJTD-07-2017-0061.
Otoo, F.N.K. and Mishra, M. (2018), “Influence of human resource development (HRD) practices on hotel industry’s performance: The role of employee competencies”, European Journal of Training and Development, Vol. 42 Nos 7/8, pp. 435-454, https://doi.org/10.1108/EJTD-12-2017-0113.
Otoo, F. (2018), “Human Resource Development (HRD) Practices and Organizational Performance: The Mediating Role of Employee Competencies”, The International Journal of Management, 91, https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Human-Resource-Development-%28HRD%29-Practices-and-The-Otoo/c81b38b90a31a23f80c3a5902e10165d5a94b840?p2df.
The European Journal of Training and Development submission guidelines make it clear that articles must be original and must not infringe any existing copyright. The publishers of the journal sincerely apologise to the readers and the original authors of the above-mentioned works.
Citation
Otoo, F.N.K., Otoo, E.A., Abledu, G.K. and Bhardwaj, A. (2019), "Impact of human resource development (HRD) practices on pharmaceutical industry’s performance: The mediating role of employee performance", European Journal of Training and Development, Vol. 43 No. 1/2, pp. 188-210. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJTD-09-2018-0096
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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