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TY - JOUR
T1 - Do organizational climate and competitive strategy moderate the relationship between Human Resource Management and productivity?
AU - Neal, Andrew
AU - West, Michael
AU - Patterson, Malcolm G
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - This study examined whether the effectiveness of human resource management (HRM) practices is contingent on organizational climate and competitive strategy. The concepts of internal and external fit suggest that the positive relationship between HRM and subsequent productivity will be stronger for firms with a positive organizational climate and for firms using differentiation strategies. Resource allocation theories of motivation, on the other hand, predict that the relationship between HRM and productivity will be stronger for firms with a poor climate because employees working in these firms should have the greatest amount of spare capacity. The results supported the resource allocation argument.
AB - This study examined whether the effectiveness of human resource management (HRM) practices is contingent on organizational climate and competitive strategy. The concepts of internal and external fit suggest that the positive relationship between HRM and subsequent productivity will be stronger for firms with a positive organizational climate and for firms using differentiation strategies. Resource allocation theories of motivation, on the other hand, predict that the relationship between HRM and productivity will be stronger for firms with a poor climate because employees working in these firms should have the greatest amount of spare capacity. The results supported the resource allocation argument.
KW - organizational climate
KW - human resource management
KW - productivity (employee)
KW - competitive strategy
KW - employee motivation
U2 - 10.1177/0149206304272188
DO - 10.1177/0149206304272188
M3 - Journal article
VL - 31
SP - 492
EP - 512
JO - Journal of Management
JF - Journal of Management
SN - 0149-2063
IS - 4
ER -