The Effect of Human Resource Management Practices on Employees' Job Satisfaction in the Universities of Pakistan

The job satisfaction of the university employees is very much related to the Human Resource Management (HRM) practices. The HRM policies and practices influence and affect the performance and job satisfaction of the university employees. Pakistan is developing country and the HRM practices are at immature stage and needs more development and growth. The HRM policies and practices are described in this paper regarding employees' performance and their job satisfaction. The HRM concept and activities in the Pakistani universities are explained in this study. The orientation, nature, type and effect of HRM activities and practices are discussed with their relationship to the job satisfaction of the university employees. The HRM in Pakistani universities is facing many challenges and needs more improvement by developing HRM activities and practices into effective ones to improve employee performance and job satisfaction level.