The Relationship Between Career Progression and Perceived Organization Commitment Among HR Practitioners in Hotel Industry

• Main Author: Stella, Savarimuthu
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: TX901-946.5 Hospitality industry. Hotels, clubs, restaurants, etc. Food service
• Online Access: http://etd.uum.edu.my/3174/1/STELLA_SAVARIMUTHU.pdf; http://etd.uum.edu.my/3174/4/STELLA_SAVARIMUTHU.pdf; http://etd.uum.edu.my/3174/
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

In this project paper it has re-established the theoretical and practical significance of organizational commitment related with career progression of Human Resource (HR) practitioners in hotel industry. It was investigated organization commitment (affective and normative) towards HR practitioner in hotel industry context. Career progression has been currently neglected on HR practitioners, they are lacking in their capacity of their own progression to play as an important role as a strategic partner. HR practitioners do not experience career progression; working on tasks that are related to their career goals, they also do not learn new things and grow professionally. Questionnaires, collected from total of 30 comprehensive questionnaires were distributed to 31 Hotels operating in Seremban and Port Dickson of Negeri Sembilan, showed that the career progression were positively related to affective and normative commitment. Results focus on how organizational commitment be used to manage career progression, and proposes an agenda for future research.