(2012) Aqeel Ahmad; Abdul Rashid Kausar; Mohmad Yazam Sharif
This preliminary study endeavors to link the professional competencies and willingness of the HR professionals in Pakistani banks with the effectiveness of HR professionals. Human resource professionals are people managers and supervisors in support areas of profit making. The HR Professionals have to learn the new competencies which are required to manage and develop the knowledgeable employees in the banking sector of Pakistan. The objective of this preliminary study was to check the reliability of the instrument which has been used in USA and European countries and y it was found that the overall Cronbach Alpha of the instrument is 0.98, whereas for each constructs in this study it ranged from 0.85 to 0.96. At the outset it is also found that the HR professionals are lacking the professional competencies and hence have an impact on their effectiveness in the banking sector of Pakistan.