Published Online:April 2025
Product Name:The IUP Journal of Organizational Behavior
Product Type:Article
Product Code:IJOB010425
DOI:10.71329/IUPJOB/2025.24.2.5-27
Author Name:Kuldeep Goala and A S Yarso
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Subject/Domain:Management
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Pages:5-27
The study focuses on the HR practices of small enterprises (SEs) in the manufacturing sector. The area of study is Cachar district, located in the southernmost part of Assam in Northeast India. The sample for the study includes 50 registered SEs under district industries center (DIC). The study includes three dimensions of human resource practices, viz., recruitment and selection (R&S), employees’ training and development (ET&D) and workmen compensation and benefits (WC&B), and examines the relationship between these practices and the performance of SEs. The data was collected using interview schedule and analyzed using descriptive statistics and Kendell Tau-b. The results indicate a significant relationship between HR practices and performance of SEs. Further, it is found that there is a strong and positive correlation among the variables of each of the dimensions of HR practices.
Small enterprises (SEs) in India play a very important role in fostering entrepreneurship and generating employment opportunities. SEs reduce disguised unemployment by employing the surplus agricultural workforce (Das, 2020). They play a crucial role in shaping the present and the future of the country, while contributing to economic growth