Human Resources Development Practices and Employees' Job Satisfaction
Human Resources Development Practices and Employees' Job Satisfaction
This chapter introduces the relationship between human resource development (HRD) practices and employees’ job satisfaction. Employees’ job satisfactions have gained tremendous attentions from scholars in organizational study and special focus are given into searching the answer to understand why some people are more satisfied with their jobs than others. In this chapter, the definition and importance of job satisfaction is first discussed followed by exploring HRD theories and models through relevant literature review. Lastly, the relationship between job satisfaction and the four elements of human resource development: i) Training and development; ii) Organization development; iii) Career development; and iv) Performance management are discussed and developing of a conceptual framework.
CITATION: Long, Choi Sang. Human Resources Development Practices and Employees' Job Satisfaction edited by de Pablos, Patricia Ordóñez . Hershey : IGI Global , 2013. Strategic Approaches for Human Capital Management and Development in a Turbulent Economy - Available at: https://library.au.int/human-resources-development-practices-and-employees-job-satisfaction