Mediating Effect of Employee Loyalty on the Relationship Between Human Resource Management Practices and Employee Performance: A Study among Nurses in The Public Health Care Sector in Yemen
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.60072/ijeissah.2025.v3i02.006Abstract
The study is carried out to explore the impact of HRM practices on employee loyalty, and employee performance among Nurses in The Public Health Care Sector in Yemen. It further investigates the mediating role of employee loyalty with HRM practices and employee performance. The data was collected through a questionnaire. About 248 Questionnaires were filled out by nurses working in government hospitals in Shabwah and Aden governorates. The structure equation modelling SEM was selected as the most suitable statistical technique to test the relationships among the variables of the study. The results showed significant direct relationships between each pair of variables. Moreover, the result revealed that loyalty mediates the relationship between HRM practices and employee performance among nurses in Yemeni public hospitals.
Keywords:
Employee Loyalty, Employee Performance, HRM Practices, Mediation, NurseReferences
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