Significance of Workforce Management to Organizational Performance: A Study of Islamic Banks in Bahrain

The study aims to assess the significance of the workforce management to organizational performance in Islamic banks in Bahrain. The investigation was based on qualitative and quantitative approach using questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. The purposive sampling was utilized in selecting the 100 respondents from among the bank officers and employees. The respondents agreed as to the status of workforce management in terms of remuneration with an overall composite mean of 4.03; employment security 3.85; and employee participation 4.03. Likewise, the workforce management is strategically significant in terms of remuneration with an overall mean of 4.05; employment security as revealed by overall mean of 4.03; and employee participation 4.03. All the three variables (remuneration, employment security and employee participation) got the computed sig. (2-tailed) value of.100 respectively which indicated that the null hypothesis is rejected. Therefore, there is considerable relationship between the status and the level of significance of the workforce management to organizational performance in Islamic banks in Bahrain. However, respondents find difficulty in executing workforce management in terms of remuneration because there is no clear format in calculating annual remuneration and the salary is not sufficient to support decent standard of living for a family of 4–5 members. Likewise, in terms of employment security, the respondents pointed out that bank management has no comprehensive standard for the tenure of office of the employees and there is no clear retention policy. Apparently, in terms of employee participation, respondents stressed that there are employees who are not cooperative.