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The emergence of human capital: Roles of social capital and coordination that drive unit performance
Author(s) -
Harris Christopher M.,
Wright Patrick M.,
McMahan Gary C.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
human resource management journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.44
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1748-8583
pISSN - 0954-5395
DOI - 10.1111/1748-8583.12212
Subject(s) - human capital , individual capital , social capital , economic capital , social reproduction , financial capital , business , capital (architecture) , economics , labour economics , microeconomics , market economy , sociology , geography , social science , archaeology
Empirical work on human capital has tended to focus on the direct effects of human capital on performance, whereas little attention has been paid to behaviours through which human capital influences performance. This study uses the “human capital emergence” model to examine relationships among human capital, social capital, coordination, and performance over a 2‐year period of time. Findings indicate that human capital, social capital, and coordination each influence performance. Human capital and social capital also positively predict coordination. Lastly, coordination mediates the relationships between human capital and performance and social capital and performance.