HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT – A STUDY WITH STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING TECHNIQUE

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT –

A STUDY WITH STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING TECHNIQUE

Dr. K. Sunanda,

Associate professor

ABSTRACT

Human resources and knowledge management are considered to be one of the most important factors within organizations that help them to achieve a competitive advantage. However, organizations should take care of the human factor and increase and take advantage of the knowledge within them. The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between human resources management practices and knowledge management process. The study is survey research method as a structured questionnaire is used for data collection. The sample for the study is HR managers and IT employees working in the select organizations in the study. A theoretical model was proposed and tested using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results of the SEM analysis indicated that human resources practices (recruitment methods, team work , training and development, performance appraisals, and reward systems) have a significant influence on Knowledge management process.

Keywords: Human resource practices, knowledge management process, SEM Modeling, IT