Open Journal of Business and Management, 2022, 10, 2461-2483 https://www.scirp.org/journal/ojbm ISSN Online: 2329-3292 ISSN Print: 2329-3284 DOI: 10.4236/ojbm.2022.105124 Sep. 16, 2022 2461 Open Journal of Business and Management Strategic Human Resource Management Practices and Organisational Performance: A Case of the National Assembly of Zambia Kenani Phiri 1 , Jackson Phiri 2 1 Graduate School of Business, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia 2 Department of Computer Science, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia Abstract The premise of human resource management practices is that an organisa- tion’s most important resource is its people, and that its performance de- pends heavily on them. For human resource management to have a mea- ningful impact on organisational performance, an appropriate range of hu- man resource policies and processes must be developed and effectively im- plemented. Strategic human resource management is an approach that de- fines how the organisation’s goals are achieved by its employees through hu- man resource policies and practices that are integrated with the human re- source strategy. Strategic Human Resource Management’s growing popularity is primarily due to its clear commitment to improving organisational perfor- mance. However, studies on the linkage between strategic human resource management practices and organisational performance that have been carried out in the African perspective, are very few especially in a public organisation. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of strategic human re- source management practices on organisational performance. The study was conducted at the National Assembly of Zambia which has its presence in all the one hundred and fifty-six (156) Constituencies through Parliamentary Constituency Offices. The study utilised quantitative research method. Data was collected from the study participants using a questionnaire. Collected data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and statistical inference (Pear- son Correlation Coefficient and Multiple Regression Analysis). The Pearson Correlation Coefficient was used in order to find out the relationship between the variables and the Multiple Regression Analysis was used in order to find out the impact of independent variables on the dependent variable. The hy- pothesis test results revealed that there was a relationship between all human resource management practices and organisational performance at the Na- How to cite this paper: Phiri, K., & Phiri, J. (2022). Strategic Human Resource Man- agement Practices and Organisational Per- formance: A Case of the National Assembly of Zambia. Open Journal of Business and Management, 10, 2461-2483. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojbm.2022.105124 Received: August 13, 2022 Accepted: September 13, 2022 Published: September 16, 2022 Copyright © 2022 by author(s) and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access
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