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Strategic HR functions and firm performance: The moderating effects of high-involvement work practices

Authors: Hyondong Kim, Kang Sung-Choon

Published in: Asia Pacific Journal of Management | Issue 1/2013

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Although the strategic human resource management literature has emphasized the value of the integration of human resource management into strategic management, the mechanism through which the strategic integration of HR functions contributes to the improvement of firm performance is relatively unknown. Assuming that HR strategies cannot be successfully implemented without employee support for and commitment to these strategies, this research focuses on high-involvement work practices, which allow employees to participate in management decisions as potential moderators of the integration of HR functions in strategic management and firm performance. Using a sample of 203 unionized Korean firms, this research found that the effects of a strategic HR function on firm performance were moderated by high-involvement work practices such as a pay-for-performance program, a career-development program, union participation in company strategy, and temporary worker benefits. The results suggest that a strategic HR function will not be successful without institutional mechanisms that foster employee involvement.

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Title: Strategic HR functions and firm performance: The moderating effects of high-involvement work practices
Authors: Hyondong Kim
Kang Sung-Choon
Publication date: 01-03-2013
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Asia Pacific Journal of Management / Issue 1/2013
Print ISSN: 0217-4561
Electronic ISSN: 1572-9958
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-011-9264-6

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