TY - JOUR
T1 - Strategic HR functions and firm performance
T2 - The moderating effects of high-involvement work practices
AU - Kim, Hyondong
AU - Sung-Choon, Kang
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Employee contribution and commitment
KW - HR process
KW - Strategic HR function
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84873750900&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10490-011-9264-6
DO - 10.1007/s10490-011-9264-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84873750900
SN - 0217-4561
VL - 30
SP - 91
EP - 113
JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Management
JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Management
IS - 1
ER -