IIMS Journal of Management Science

Role of Demographic Factors with HRD Climates

K. Muthukumar,¹ S. Riasudeen² and R. Ramamoorthy³

First Published 1 Jun 2022. https://doi.org/10.5958/0976-173X.2015.00013.5

Article Information

Volume 6, Issue 2 May-August, 2015

¹Mr. K. Muthukumar is a Doctoral Research Scholar at the Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry. He can be contacted at muthu.dandy@gmail.com

²Dr. S. Riasudeen is an Assistant Professor at Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry. He can be contacted at riasudeen@yahoo.co.in

³Mr. R. Ramamoorthy is a Doctoral Research Scholar at the Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University, Karaikal Campus, Karaikal, Pondicherry. He can be contacted at ramamoorthy07@gmail.com

Abstract

This study explores the relationship between demographic factors and HRD climate in manufacturing industry in the Union Territory of Pondicherry. The questionnaire was distributed to employees working in manufacturing industry employing simple random sampling technique. Sample size consists of 95 respondents. Data was collected from the primary source. At a Post data collection, it was analysed using SPSS 20.0. Descriptive statistics was used to analyse the demographics and the ANOVA test were also used to analyse the research objective. Finally it is concluded in the present study that hypothesis is partially accepted, as there are partially significant relations between demographic variables and HRD climate for employees working in manufacturing sector.

Keywords

HRD climate and its components, HRD mechanism, Demographic factors

JEL Classification: O15, M12, M10

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