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Linking Remuneration Practices to Innovation as a Competitive Strategy
Author(s) -
Schuler Randall S.,
Jackson Susan E.
Publication year - 1988
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 - 10.1177/103841118802600201
Subject(s) - remuneration , competitive advantage , business , human resource management , sample (material) , human resources , resource (disambiguation) , set (abstract data type) , marketing , knowledge management , management , economics , computer science , finance , computer network , chemistry , chromatography , programming language
Researchers have begun to study the relationships between human resource management practices and other organizational characteristics such as competitive strategy, life cycle and technology. This paper studies the relationship between a particular competitive strategy (innovation) and aspects of remuneration practices. Multivariate analysis using F‐tests is applied to examine the relationship across a sample of 156 firms. The results support the hypothesis that an innovation strategy is associated with a particular set of remuneration practices. The broader implications are discussed: Human Resource Managers need to be conscious that appropriate human resource practices should be selected to support the corporate strategy.