The Benefits of Human Resource Certification: A Critical Analysis and Multi-Level Framework for Research

Mark Lengnick-Hall and Herman Aguinis
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Mark Lengnick-Hall: University of Texas at San Antonio
Herman Aguinis: University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center

No 52, Working Papers from College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio

Abstract: Despite the huge success of marketing certification to human resources (HR) professionals, does it benefit individuals, employers, and the field of HR? We know very little about whether certification has an impact on any important individual- and organizational-level outcomes. This article provides a brief history of HR certification and its purported benefits. Then we review the literature on perceptions of HR certification, including a survey we conducted with about 190 HR professionals. Finally, we present a multi-level model of hypothesized HR certification effects. In this conceptual framework, which unifies both micro and macro levels of analyses (i.e., individual, unit, organization, and profession), we derive 13 testable propositions to guide future research on the benefits of HR certification.

Keywords: HR certification; Multi-Level Framework for Research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2008-05-30
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