Valuing the Employee Value Propositions: A Tactic to Make Employees Stay on the Job

The objective of the present study was to examine the relationship between Employee Value Proposition (EVP), organizational commitment (OC), and intention to stay in such a way that their impacts on sustainable human resource management (HRM) were highlighted. The research employed Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) in order to analyze survey data collected using an online questionnaire from 261 Data Collection and Monitoring Assistants (DCMAs) working with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Monitoring Authority (KPEMA). The results of the study showed a significant and positive relationship between EVP and intention to stay, which is, however, mediated by OC. The results highlight the need for the alignment of EVP with sustainable HR strategies that can increase employee retention and organizational resilience. The researchers of the present study recommend that future studies use longitudinal designs to validate these findings in other organizational contexts.
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