Open AccessEmployment systems in small firms: A multilevel analysis
Author(s) -
MartieLouise Verreynne,
Polly Parker,
Marie Wilson
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international small business journal researching entrepreneurship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.075
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1741-2870
pISSN - 0266-2426
DOI - 10.1177/0266242611401445
Subject(s) - human resource management , chief executive officer , human resources , business , multilevel model , officer , exploratory analysis , exploratory research , knowledge management , cluster (spacecraft) , resource (disambiguation) , marketing , industrial organization , management , economics , sociology , political science , computer science , data science , machine learning , anthropology , law , computer network , programming language
This exploratory study draws upon the perspectives of employees and managers from 50 small Australian firms to build a more complete and nuanced view of the interaction of human resources and capabilities with firm performance. Specifically, it uses a mixed methods multilevel design that elicits employee perspectives of employment systems and chief executive officer (CEO) assessments of firm performance. Results show that higher performing firms had better rated employment systems, with a cluster of human resource practices which included greater informality, employee engagement and participation. The views of employees were more discriminating and diagnostic than those of CEOs. The article discusses the implications of these findings for the study of employment systems and human resource management in small firms.No Full Tex
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