International Journal of Organizational Leadership

The purpose of this study is to examine factors of human resource management practices
affecting organizational performance. This study employed descriptive method in gathering,
analyzing, interpreting, and presenting the information. The descriptive research design helped
in identifying the strength of the relationship between factors of human resource management
practices affecting organizational performance. Questionnaires were distributed to employees
of Jakel Trading Company in Johor, Malaysia and of the total obtained, 139 responses were
usable and analyzed. Inferential statistics were also performed for data analysis and
presentation purposes. Correlations and frequencies were among the statistical measures used
in this study. Based on the findings, all three hypotheses formed at the beginning of the study
were supported. The results of multiple regression showed that staff training, performance
appraisal and rewards, as well as recognition are all significant factors of human resource
management practices affecting organizational performance. It was also found that staff
training and recognition do affect the organizational performance as a whole. This study
provides input to employers on how to reward and motivate their staff for better performance

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships among dimensions of social intelligence, social skills, social information processing, social awareness, social desirability of organizational performance. Methods: This research was a descriptive study. The population in this study comprised all experts, assistants and managers of regional water companies in Ardabil province, and was about 164 randomly selected people. And to gather data from field methods the means of questionnaires were used. Tromso questionnaire was chosen and designed to measure social intelligence and organizational performance by assessing specific questions about Balanced Scorecard as independent variable. To achieve the multiplier effect of each variable on the dependent variable, Pearson correlation test was performed. Results indicated that social skills, social information processing, social awareness and social desirability of improving organizational performance had the most important part in social information processing, and social awareness and social skills played a secondary role in improving performance.