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Knowledge as a mediator between HRM practices and innovative activity

Author(s) -

LopezCabrales Alvaro,

PérezLuño Ana,

Cabrera Ramón Valle

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

human resource management

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.888

H-Index - 94

eISSN - 1099-050X

pISSN - 0090-4848

DOI - 10.1002/hrm.20295

Subject(s) - knowledge management , structural equation modeling , business , sample (material) , human resource management , profit (economics) , computer science , economics , microeconomics , chemistry , chromatography , machine learning

The objective of this paper is to test how human resources management (HRM) practices and employees' knowledge influence the development of innovative capabilities and, by extension, a firm's performance. Results confirm that HRM practices are not directly associated with innovation unless they take into account employees' knowledge. Specifically, our analyses establish a mediating role for the uniqueness of knowledge between collaborative HRM practices and innovative activity, a positive influence of knowledge‐based HRM practices on valuable knowledge, and a positive contribution of innovations to the company's profit. We tested hypotheses in a sample of firms from the most innovative Spanish industries through structural equation modeling. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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