Abstract
Purpose: The healthcare industry is an essential part of any country. Retaining healthcare employees and keeping them satisfied is one of the biggest challenges for organisations in general and for human resource management practitioners specifically. Effective human resource management practices like job embeddedness and work engagement assist organisations in retaining employees and keeping them satisfied. This research explores the relationship between Job Embeddedness and Work Engagement and Job Satisfaction and throws a light on need of a new theory on job satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach: We conducted a cross-sectional survey among healthcare practitioners, which include medical and paramedical staff from hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., A total of 250 questionnaires were distributed and a convenience sampling method was adopted. Correlation and regression analyses were used. Findings: The findings clearly indicated that both Job Embeddedness and Work Engagement have an impact on job satisfaction; however, Job Embeddedness is more correlative to job satisfaction than Work Engagement, meaning that Job Embeddedness has a greater impact on job satisfaction. Practical implications: To succeed in business, organisations should adopt the best human resource management practices. Our results provide a comprehensive understanding of two such practices in human resource management and extend a positive practical value to employers and human resource management practitioners.This study showed the importance of retaining talent and why organisations need to implement job embeddedness in practice. Originality/value: This study is complimentary to the existing literature on Job Embeddedness, Work Engagement, and Job Satisfaction as well would like to create awareness as to the need of new theory on job satisfaction.