“An Analysis of Liaison between HR Practices and Job Satisfaction in a Public Undertaking-A Case of NWKRTC”

This study investigates the dynamic process through which HR practices (compensation practices, employee performance evaluation practices, promotion practices, empowerment practices) in NWKSRTC influence individual's pattern of job satisfaction. This study aims to explore the liaison between HR Practices and Job Satisfaction of employees of a public undertaking. The inefficiency in implementing the existing HR practices leads to lack of morale among employees, which leads to job dissatisfaction and consequently leads into attrition, each organization has to map the satisfaction of its employees with the human resource practices it follows to ensure that the talent pool is retained. The current study is an attempt to determine the liaison between HR Practices and Job satisfaction in a public undertaken. The data was collected by using a questionnaire based on a job satisfaction scale developed by Wood et. al. (1986) and HR practices to 200 respondents and the data was analyzed using t-test and correlation. Result of Study described that the employee's job satisfaction is very low and has positive correlation with the implementation of HR Practices. This study has proven that the HR Practices has a positive correlation with the job satisfaction of employees. Successful implementation of the HR Practices at NWKRTC will surely help the management to retain the talent pool and also enhance their performance.