TY - JOUR T1 - The Causal Relationship Between HRM Practices, Affective Commitment, Employee Retention and Organizational Performance AU - Abduljlil ALDamoe, Fathi Mohamed AU - Sharif, Mohmad Yazam AU - Hamid, Kamal Ab JO - International Business Management VL - 7 IS - 3 SP - 191 EP - 197 PY - 2013 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1993-5250 DO - ibm.2013.191.197 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2013.191.197 KW - HRM practices KW -affective commitment KW -employee retention KW -organizational performance KW -quality KW -businees world AB - Organizational performance has been commonly used in the business world today to mean indicate an improvement in the organizational activities that could increase its performance indicator. Thus, the organizational performance has become the major concern of the previous scholars and has further taken a special place among organizations. Thus, the aim of this study is to discuss the causal relationship between HRM practices and organizational performance using affective commitment and employee retention as the mediating variables between HRM practice and organizational performance based on the existing literature review. It is also found that affective commitment mediates between HRM practices and organizational performance. Due to the fact that organizational performance to maintain a better Key Performance Indicator (KPI), its unique quality in human resources management cannot be over-emphasized. Any organization that fails to improve its performance will lack competitive advantage. ER -