Impact of Human Resources Management on Banks Employees’ Sustainable Development in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

Abstract

This study examines the impact of human resources management on banks
employees’ sustainable development in Ado-Ekiti. The aim is to examine how
HRM practices are been conducted and its relationship with employees’
sustainable development. Sixteen commercial banks operate in the study area. Hence, the population comprises all human resources departments operating in the the 16 commercial banks. The branch managers and two senior officers of the 16 banks were selected using convenient sampling. All the responses take the form of a five point Likert scale using a close-ended questions. Regression analysis is applied to test the relationship between HRM variables and banks employee’s sustainable development using SPSS Version 16. The results indicate among others that there is a positive and significant relationship between human resources management and banks employees’ sustainable development. Based on these, it is therefore concluded that effective human resource management is indispensible to employees’ sustainable development. However, it is recommended that all banks should adopt and implement the best human resources management practices (human resources planning, job analysis, recruitment, selection, compensation, performance appraisal and training) for better employees’ sustainable development.