New insights into the link between HRM integration and organizational performance: the moderating role of influence distribution between HRM specialists and line managers

Autor: Françoise Dany, Zied Guedri, Florian Hatt
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: The International Journal of Human Resource Management. 19:2095-2112
ISSN: 1466-4399
0958-5192
DOI: 10.1080/09585190802404320
Popis: Unlike most of human resource management (HRM) research attempting to identify the set of practices that are likely to improve organizational performance, this paper focuses on two key aspects of the organization of HRM: 1) the integration of HRM and business strategy; and 2) the distribution of roles and influences between line managers (LMs) and HRM specialists. Building on the resource-based view, we suggest that HRM integration is a necessary but not sufficient condition for HRM positively to impact organizational performance. An equally necessary condition is to provide HRM specialists with a prominent role compared to LMs in order to ensure the required proper quality of implementation of decided HRM policies. Using data from the Cranet Survey, we employed a series of structural equation models to test the moderating effect of the HRM/LM relationship on the link between HRM strategic integration and organizational performance. This technique allowed us to estimate measurement models and structural r...
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