The role of HR practices in developing employee resilience: a case study from the Pakistani telecommunications sector

Khan, Zaheer; Rao-Nicholson, Rekha; Akhtar, Pervaiz; Tarba, Shlomo Y.; Ahammad, Mohammad F.; Vorley, Tim

Abstract

There has been increasing interest in understanding the factors that contribute to the development of employee resilience. Despite such interest, there is a dearth of research examining the contributory role played by HR practices in enhancing employee resilience. Looking at the context of Pakistan’s telecommunications sector and deploying a qualitative methodology, this paper examines the impact of HR practices on employee resilience. The findings indicate that four key areas of HR practices—job design, information sharing and flow within an organisation, employee benefits (monetary as well as non-monetary), and employee development opportunities—enable the development of employee resilience. Consequently, the effective implementation of HR practices in these areas has been the key factor for the development of employee resilience.

Citation

Khan, Z., Rao-Nicholson, R., Akhtar, P., Tarba, S. Y., Ahammad, M. F., & Vorley, T. (2019). The role of HR practices in developing employee resilience: a case study from the Pakistani telecommunications sector. The international journal of human resource management, 30(8), 1342-1369. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2017.1316759

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 22, 2017
• Online Publication Date: May 9, 2017
• Publication Date: 2019
• Deposit Date: Apr 13, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 13, 2018
• Journal: The international journal of human resource management
• Print ISSN: 0958-5192
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 1342-1369
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2017.1316759
• Keywords: HR practices; Resilience; Pakistan; Emerging economies; Telecommunications sector
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/450627
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09585192.2017.1316759
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The international journal of human resource management on 9/05/2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/0.1080/09585192.2017.1316759
• Contract Date: Apr 13, 2017