ABSTRACT
The study investigated the influence of human resource management practices on organizational commitment in University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City. The specific objectives were to examine if recruitment and selection, training and development, performance appraisal, promotion and compensation influence organizational commitment in University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City.
The study adopted survey research design. A total of three thousand, eight hundred and thirty-two (3,832) employees of University of Benin Teaching Hospital constituted the population, while three hundred and sixty two (362) formed the sample size of this study. Data was generated through structured questionnaire administration. Questionnaire successfully retrieved were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used as the platform to analyse the data.
The study found that training and development, performance appraisal, promotion and compensation all had positive and significant relationship with organizational commitment while recruitment and selection had no significant relationship with organizational commitment in University of Benin Teaching Hospital. The study recommended that recruitment and selection procedures should be fair, adequate training and development, compensation, fair and regular performance appraisal of employees should be a top priority in the health sector. As identifying the needs, providing training and better compensation package to employees will ultimately increase their emotional attachment to the organization.
