Do Organisational Climate and Strategic Orientation Moderate the Relationship Between Human Resource Management Practices and Productivity?

Andrew Neal, M Patterson and M West

CEP Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

Abstract: Contingency formulations of Human Resource Management (HRM) theory suggest thatthe effectiveness of HRM practices should vary across firms. This study examinedwhether the relationship between HRM practices and productivity in manufacturingcompanies is contingent upon organizational climate and strategic orientation.Information on HRM, organizational structure, and competitive strategy was collected byinterviewing senior managers, whilst organizational climate was assessed via employeesurveys. Although organizational climate and HRM practices were both positivelyassociated with subsequent productivity, the relationship between HRM practices andsubsequent productivity was stronger for firms with a poor climate.

Keywords: Human Resource Management; organisational structure; organisationalclimate; productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J5 M11 M12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-03
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