- Title
- Investigating the relationship between human resource practices and organisational commitment amongst financial advisors in an insurance company in Kwa-Zulu Natal
- Creator
- Appasamy, Sherilyn
- Subject
- Financial services industry
- Date Issued
- 2020
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MBA
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/47514
- Identifier
- vital:40120
- Description
- The insurance sector within the financial services industry faces a significant human capital dilemma due to its largely aging workforce. Over the last decade, the financial services industry has been plagued by enormous and complex change. This plethora of change is as a result of changing regulatory landscape, the evolving digitalisation of the world and the state of the declining youth African economy. This uncertainty and instability has the potential to impact the career aspirations of financial advisors in the insurance sector as they experience many hurdles to growth. This volatility also impacts organisations as attraction into the role diminishes. Human Resource Management practices which are meant to fulfill strategic partnership role within organisations are meant to guide business accordingly to attract and retain top talent. This paper presents an investigation of Human Resource Management (HRM) practices within an insurance company and the impact of Human Resources Management practices on the organisational commitment of financial advisors. An empirical study, consisting of an online questionnaire, was conducted amongst 102 employees from an insurance company in Kwa-Zulu Natal. The analysis revealed that the relationship of HRM practices to organisational commitment outcomes in the insurance company was exclusive in that only three of the five HRM practices being recruitment and selection; training and development; and workplace culture and climate, were found to be positively and significantly related to the organisational commitment of advisors. It was concluded that recruitment and selection plays an important role in matching the right skills, abilities and personality for the job. There is a critical need for the shift in focus from academy classroom learning to on-the-job practical training and mentorship from senior advisors. Thirdly, workplace climate and culture is a key determinant into whether an employee will stay and creating a space which is diverse, flexible and harnesses work-life integration will be more critical moving forward.
- Format
- viii, 133 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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