Impact of Human Resource Management on Employee Performance Through Employee Satisfaction

This research started with the intention of finding out how HRM can improve employee performance while employee satisfaction plays a mediating role. In order to identify the same a total of 5 hypotheses were developed that are mentioned below. H0: Training and development given by HRM ensures employee satisfaction and employee performance. H1: Performance appraisal by HRM ensures employee satisfaction and employee performance. H2: Compensation and benefits by HRM ensures employee satisfaction and employee performance. H3: Work-life balance by HRM ensures employee satisfaction and employee performance. H4: Career planning by HRM ensures employee satisfaction and employee performance. H5: Positive and friendly workplace culture ensures employee satisfaction and employee performance. Every independent variable within these hypotheses is activities that are performed by the HRM department of an organization. By linking these variables with Maslow's hierarchy of needs it is identified how these variables are triggering employee satisfaction. Then from existing literature it is concluded that these factors by triggering employee satisfaction are ensuring better employee performance in an organization.