Exploring the Relationship between Human Resource Practices and Employee Retention in the House of Representatives in Jordan
Daifallah Olaimat, Bassam Awwad

Abstract
Employee retention is one of the common challenges facing by most of the organizations currently. The objective of the present study is to investigate the impact of human resource practices on employee retention. There are four dimensions of human resource practices namely recruitment and selection, training and development, performance appraisal, and compensation. A total of 200 questionnaires were distributed to all level of employees House of Representatives in Jordan, and 140 questionnaires were returned and used for data analysis. The results indicated that three dimensions of human resource practices (i.e. recruitment and selection, training and development, and compensation) had a significant positive impact on employee retention, while performance appraisal was not found to have any impact on employee retention. This study also discusses the limitations and recommendation for future research.

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