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Employee‐centered philosophy, high‐commitment work practices, and performance: moderating roles of market environments and strategies
Author(s) -
Park Rhokeun,
Park Hyunhee
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1111/1744-7941.12208
Subject(s) - organizational commitment , organizational performance , productivity , business , competitive advantage , work (physics) , marketing , psychology , economics , social psychology , mechanical engineering , engineering , macroeconomics
While previous studies have found high‐commitment work practices ( HCWP s) to have an intimate relationship with organizational performance, little is currently known about what affects the adoption of HCWP s and which factors change the relationship between HCWP s and organizational performance. This study focuses on employee‐centered philosophy as a predictor of HCWP s and on competitive market environments and market strategies as moderators in the relationship between HCWP s and organizational performance. Using a nationally representative and longitudinal dataset, this study demonstrates that HCWP s mediate the relationship between employee‐centered philosophy and labor productivity. The findings also support the hypotheses that HCWP s are more strongly related to organizational performance in organizations under a more competitive environment and with a more innovative market strategy. The results provide implications on how employee‐centered philosophy affects organizational performance and which organizations benefit more from adopting HCWP s.