The objective of the present study is to analyse the impact of human resource development on employee engagement in Nepalese commercial banks by taking three human resource development components of training and development, career development and performance management as independent variables, and employee engagement as a dependent variable. Using the random sampling, 384 employees were selected, and a questionnaire survey was carried out to collect data. Using F-test and t-test, the study found that the training and development, career development and performance management have significant impact on employee engagement in Nepalese commercial banks. The study also revealed that male employees have more emphasis on performance management but female employees have more emphasis on training and development. Likewise, the employees up to the officer level have also more emphasis on performance management but the employees below officer level have more emphasis on training and development.

This paper aims to investigate the impact of bank specific factors unprofitability of Nepalese commercial banks. Total assets, total deposit, total loan and advance and total equity are taken as independent variables and return on assets is taken as dependent variable. The study is based on pooled least square method. The seven years’ panel data from 2012 to 2018 is taken for the study. Taking 112 observations from sixteen commercial banks, the regression result, F-test and t-test are used for analysis. The study found that the total assets and total loan and advance have positive significant impact on profitability of Nepalese commercial banks. The study also revealed that the total equity has not significant impact and deposit has negative significant impact on profitability of commercial banks in Nepal. The study has important implications for the policy makers of Nepalese commercial banks to utilize their assets, loans, deposits properly and equity for sound profitability.

The study aims to analyze the perception of faculties on their research skill development through research methodology training conducted by Bagiswori College, a renowned community college in Bhaktapur district affiliated to Tribhuvan University. The training schedule, teaching pedagogy and learning environment are taken as independent variables and research skill development is taken as dependent variable. Data are collected through closed ended questionnaire. Five point Likert scale using strongly disagree, disagree, agree to some extent, agree, strongly agree was made to know the perception of participated faculties on research skill development through research methodology training. The study has used regression, mean score, t-test and F-test for the analysis of data. The study has found that the teaching pedagogy and the learning environment of research methodology training have significant impact on perceived faculties’ research skill development and training schedule of research methodology training has not significant impact on perceived faculties’ research skill development.

The paper estimates and assesses the technical efficiency at individual and aggregate levels and categorizes groups of banks at various ranges of efficiency. The commercial and development banks established before 2005 in Nepal has been considered as the population of the study and 20 banks are selected using systematic random sampling. The 180 observations of nine year’s panel data from FY 2006/07 to FY 2014/15 has been used. Stochastic Frontier Approach is used taking three input variables i.e. capital, deposit and human resource cost, and one output variable i.e. loans and advance of sampled banks for analysis. The study found that the average technical efficiency (TE) by nature of banks provide commercial banks as the more efficient than development banks. The joint venture banks are the most efficient than other categories of banks. The average efficiency of banks established inside the Kathmandu valley (Head Office located inside Kathmandu) is lower than the average efficiency of banks established outside the Kathmandu valley (Head Office located outside Kathmandu). Similarly, the banks established after 1995 are found more efficient than the banks established before 1995. The study has important implications for the policymakers to take corrective actions for improving the efficiency of the Nepalese banking sector with respect to human resource policy, deposit collection policy and loan management policy.

The objective of the study is to analyse the factors affecting employee job satisfaction in hotels of Bhaktapur, Nepal. Compensation and reward, working environment, career development, job security and co-workers are taken as independent variables and employee job satisfaction as a dependent variable. Using the purposive sampling, 153 employees were selected, and a questionnaire survey was carried out to collect data. Using regression analysis, the study found that compensation and reward, working environment, career development, and job security have significant impact on employee job satisfaction but the relationship with co-workers has negative significant impact on employee job satisfaction in hotels of Bhaktapur. Likewise, the study also revealed that job security has the highest positive significance on employee job satisfaction in hotels of Bhaktapur followed by compensation and reward, working environment and career development opportunities.