The influence of effective human resource management on the success of SMEs in Gaziantep and its environment in 2018

Human resources management is an important management system regulating the recruitment, performance management, career planning and wage policy of the employees who are important sources for enterprises. Human resource planning with some strategies and functions ensures enterprises to obtain achievements and reach targets by using resources such as employees, time and money effectively and accurately. Effective human resources management and organisation will enable companies to reach their goals and plans by using the most valuable factor for business, i.e. manpower, efficiently and systematically (Xu et al., 2020). Human resources management recognises that people are an important asset. It provides the basic elements such as meeting the needs of employees, increasing their usefulness and performance, ensuring job satisfaction, career and future plans, and aims to emphasise their importance (Mohelska and Sokolová, 2018). Smalland medium-sized enterprises, which form the basis of Turkey’s economy, must adapt to the changing and evolving competitive environment due to globalization. Businesses are trying to grow financially, to easily access up-to-date information and technologies and to use human resources effectively in order to increase their competitiveness and reach global markets (Aggarwal and Kapoor, 2012). Effective human resources management and planning is an important factor for small and medium-sized enterprises to achieve sustainable competitiveness and continue their economic development (O’Regan and Ghobadian, 2002). In the first part of the survey, findings regarding the demographic characteristics of the respondents have been collected. In addition, findings related to the general characteristics Research Papers in Economics and Finance 4 (4) 2020