Study of HRD practices and its impact on organizational commitment and performance in auto industry of Tamilnadu

Abstract

This dissertation explores the nature of human resource development practices and its impact on the organizational commitment of the individuals and the organizational performance in the Auto Industry of Tamilnadu during July 2006 to June 2007 For this purpose the registered members of the two major auto industry associations namely SIAM and ACMA in Tamilnadu were considered as the sampling frame About six companies engaged in the manufacture of automobiles and autocomponents were randomly selected and were included for the present Research The research data were collected using well developed and structured survey instruments HRDEQ was self developed for the research purpose and proved for its validity and reliability OCS and OPS were adopted and validated to the present context These instruments were administered to 255 middle level managers of the organizations out of which 178 returned the questionnaires which were used for further analysis