The Effect of Human Resource Director (HRD) Competency on the Performance of Exponential Organizations—Analysis of the Continuous Mediating Effect Based on Organizational Identity, Self-Efficacy, and the Moderating Effect of Organizational Politics

Xuming Zhang, Lingli Qing, Shilong Wang and Dongphil Chun ()
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Xuming Zhang: School of Management, Guangdong University of Science and Technology, Dongguan 523083, China
Lingli Qing: School of Accounting, Guangzhou College of Commerce, Guangzhou 511363, China
Shilong Wang: Graduate School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150000, China
Dongphil Chun: Graduate School of Management of Technology, Pukyong National University, Busan 48547, Republic of Korea

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 2, 1-23

Abstract: Academic institutions and companies generally consider HRD competency to be an essential indicator of whether HR can play its role effectively and has a close relationship with organizational performance. Based on this, this paper explores the impact of HRD competency on the performance of exponential organizations. The relationship between HRD competency and exponential organization performance was examined using structural equation modeling with five scales to evaluate 570 HRDs in exponential organizations: competency, organizational identity, self-efficacy, organizational politics perception, and exponential organization performance. Our findings suggest that HRD competency influences exponential organizational performance and that organizational identity and self-efficacy play continuous mediating roles. In addition, organizational politics negatively moderates the relationship between HRD competency and organizational identity. Our findings enrich and extend the research on the impact of HRD competency on the performance of exponential organizations and provide a theoretical basis and empirical support to understand and help organizations with their strategic decisions.

Keywords: HRD competency; exponential organization performance; social cognitive theory; organizational identity; self-efficacy; organizational politics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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