The Impact of Human Resource Management Practices and Job Satisfaction on Employee Performance in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait

Abstract

The current study aims to examine the human resource management practices and job satisfaction on employee performance and examine the mediating role of job satisfaction in the ministry of foreign affairs of Kuwait. The survey included 212 employees are working in the ministry of foreign affairs of Kuwait. The results of this study indicated that human resource management practices have a positive direct effect on employee performance. Moreover, the results of this study indicated that human resource management practices have a positive direct effect on job satisfaction. The results of this study indicated also that job satisfaction has a positive direct effect on employee performance. Regarding the mediating role, the results indicated that job satisfaction mediated the impact between human resource management practices and employee performance. Organizations should implement human resource management practices to strengthen and boost their future performance. As organizations should increase the level of job satisfaction in order to improve the performance of employees. This study recommended replicated the context of this study in other sectors in Kuwait such as the health care sector, education sector, and private sector.