The antecedents of direct management communication to employees in Mauritius

Richard Croucher, Marian Rizov and Ram Goolaup

EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 2014, vol. 25, issue 17, 2420-2437

Abstract: We measure whether, in a developing country, existence of a 'hard' strategic human resource management (SHRM) strategy developed at high organizational levels or one designed to enhance employee knowledge inputs and thereby promote employer- employee interdependence (EEIN) is a stronger antecedent of direct communication to employees. We use data from a comprehensive survey of HR practices in Mauritius, one of Africa's most open and successful economies. We find that both SHRM and EEIN are antecedents, but that the latter is stronger in public organizations and in smaller and older companies. We conclude that EEIN is a significant analytic category for explaining management practices especially in a historic sense in this and possibly other developing country contexts.

Keywords: communications; employees; employer–employee interdependence; Mauritius; strategic HRM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M51 M52 M54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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