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Received: 2018-03-10  |  Accepted: 2018-05-26  |  Published: 2018-06-30

Title

Perception of private telecom employees towards unfair HRM practices: an empirical investigation


Abstract

The aimed of this research paper is to explore the unfair human resource management (HRM) practices in the private telecom company located in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The total 120 employees were selected randomly from two private telecom companies to gather the information about the unfair HRM practices for this research. A questionnaire that consists of biographical information blank and unfair HRM practices was administered to the employees to identify the unfair HRM practices. The questionnaire was validated using appropriate techniques and the level of unfair HRM practices among the sample was assessed. The results of the study have provided some interesting findings relevant to the current industries. The investigator has incorporated certain suggestion to implement fair HRM practices so as to create vibrancy and passion among the employees to perform effectively.


Keywords

telecom sector, unfair HRM practices, construction and validation, Saudi Arabia


JEL classifications

L26 , O10 , C20


URI

http://jssidoi.org/jesi/article/195


DOI


HAL


Pages

957-966


This is an open access issue and all published articles are licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Authors

Al-Kahtani, Nasser Saad
Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia https://psau.edu.sa
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Journal title

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues

Volume

5


Number

4


Issue date

June 2018


Issue DOI


ISSN

ISSN 2345-0282 (online)


Publisher

VšĮ Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

Cited

Google Scholar

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