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The role of a “make” or internal human resource management system in Spanish manufacturing companies: Empirical evidence
Author(s) -
Lytras Miltiadis D.,
Pablos Patricia Ordóñez de
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
human factors and ergonomics in manufacturing and service industries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1520-6564
pISSN - 1090-8471
DOI - 10.1002/hfm.20117
Subject(s) - knowledge management , competitive advantage , human resource management , structural equation modeling , human resource management system , business , resource based view , empirical research , sample (material) , resource (disambiguation) , organizational behavior and human resources , conceptual model , human resources , resource management (computing) , organizational learning , computer science , management , marketing , economics , computer network , philosophy , chemistry , epistemology , chromatography , database , machine learning
The combined study of the literature about human resource management and the resource‐based view of the firm and organizational learning provides an analysis framework useful for understanding how strategic human resource management systems contribute to the creation and development of a sustained competitive advantage for the firm. This article has two major aims. First, it provides a conceptual framework linking simultaneously three theoretical blocks: (a) human resource management, (b) organizational learning and knowledge management, and (c) sustained competitive advantage. Second, the article builds a causal model and tests it with a sample of Spanish firms from the manufacturing industry using structural equation modeling (SEM). After the performance of a cluster analysis, a group of 72 learning firms is identified and used to test the model. Finally, major conclusions and implications for management are drawn and further avenues for research are suggested. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.