The mediating effects of professional and organizational commitment on the relationship between HRM practices and professional employees’ intention to stay

Patrick Valéau (), Pascal Paillé, Christel Dubrulle () and Henri Guénin
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Patrick Valéau: CEMOI - Centre d'Économie et de Management de l'Océan Indien - UR - Université de La Réunion, IAE - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - UR - Université de La Réunion
Pascal Paillé: ULaval - Université Laval [Québec]
Christel Dubrulle: IAE - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - UR - Université de La Réunion, CEMOI - Centre d'Économie et de Management de l'Océan Indien - UR - Université de La Réunion
Henri Guénin: ULaval - Université Laval [Québec]

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Abstract: Previous literature on professional employees argues that the quality of their work depends on both their organizational and professional commitment. Combining a target similarity and a cognitive approach to HRM, this study examines the mediating effects of these two variables on the relationship between HRM practices and intention to stay. Using a sample of 265 professional auditors working for certified public accountancy firms, we find that organizational commitment mediates the relationship between information-sharing, fair rewards and intention to stay, while the effect of autonomy and recognition is successively mediated by professional commitment and organizational commitment. Training has a direct effect on intention to stay. The implications of these results for the development of an HRM model linking professional employees' organizational and professional commitment, thereby providing the possibility of reconciling organizational efficiency and traditional professional ethics, are discussed.

Keywords: Professional employees; HRM practices; professional commitment; organizational commitment; intention to stay (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-02-20
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Published in International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2019, pp.1-37. ⟨10.1080/09585192.2018.1559870⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2018.1559870

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