High-Performance Work Systems and Employee Performance: the Mediating Role of Employee Engagement in the Myanmar FMCG Sector

High-Performance Work Systems (HPWS) is a set of HR best practices which are commonly adopted in many organizations. The concept was originated as a part of Strategic Human Resource Management and the early adopters were the US multi-national companies. Presently, HPWS practices are widely accepted as good HR practices globally. Many studies have been conducted based on Western countries and there are still limited studies available for Asian markets where Small and Medium businesses play a bigger role in socio-economic context. This study is aimed to explore the application and effectiveness of HPWS prac-tices in market leading fast moving consumer goods companies in Myanmar which is a newly opened economy embracing changes to join the global economy. The study seeks to investigate the effect of HPWS on employee performance (EP) and the intervening role of employee engagement (EE) as a mediator in this rela-tionship