Does Employee Characteristics Impact HRD Climate? A Study in Banking Sector

The study assesses the perception of employees towards HRD Climate with respect to employee characteristics (age, experience and income) in the banking sector. All the three subsets of HRD Climate i.e. General Climate, OCTAPACE and HRD Mechanisms have been studied with respect to employee's age, experience and income. The primary data is collected from 180 employees through a structured questionnaire comprising 40 items. The questionnaire measured General Climate, HRD Mechanisms and Openness, Collaboration, Trust, Authenticity, Proactiveness, Autonomy, Confrontation and Experimentation. It was found that the perception of employees towards HRD Climate, General Climate, OCTAPACE and HRD Mechanisms predominantly vary according to the age and experience.