“…The burgeoning literature advocated that organizations following HPWPs indicated improved motivation, high-quality services, products, increased innovative task behaviors, creativity, job crafting, efficiency, low levels of absenteeism, and turnover of employees (Kim et al, 2015;Messersmith et al, 2018;Ali et al, 2019;Chughtai and Rizvi, 2019;Aeknarajindawat et al, 2020;He et al, 2021;Li et al, 2021). Additionally, HPWPs augment the skills, capabilities, and intellectual capital of employees, especially in service industries (Ali et al, 2018;Rehman et al, 2020). Recent studies revealed the influential role of HPWPs in human resource management strategies in Western culture; however, limited studies have explored its impact on developing economies (Cooke, 2018;Cooke et al, 2019).…”