Reframing Tech-Based Strategic HRD Practices in Organizational Path: Is the Journey Engaging?

Abstract

The present study endeavors to understand tech-based Strategic Human Resource Development Practices (tech-based SHRDP), specifically aiming to explore whether tech-based SHRDP has any relation with employee engagement and study whether the attitude of employees toward tech-based SHRDP moderates the relation between HRD practices and employee engagement. Data was collected from 375 IT professionals. Hierarchical-regression analysis and correlation were used to address the research questions. The study found tech-based SHRDP were associated with employee engagement and the attitude of employees toward tech-based SHRDP moderates the relation between HRD practices and employee engagement. The paper is an original empirical work that focuses on tech-based SHRDP and comes with findings that would assist the organizations and human resource professionals to plan their HRD practices aiming toward sustainability of the workforce.