HRM-performance research: under-theorized and lacking explanatory power

Fleetwood, Steve; Hesketh, Anthony

doi:10.1080/09585190601041026

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“…However, the link between HPMP and sustainability outcomes has been strongly criticised by Fleetwood and Hesketh (2006). They argue that HPMP-sustainability outcomes link is under theorized with lack of explanatory power.…”

Section: Journal Of Management Sciencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

High Performance Management Practices and Sustainability of SMEs. Evidence from Manufacturing and Services-based Industries in Pakistan

Raziq¹,

Wiesner²

2016

J.manag.sci.

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Prior research on high performance management practices (HPMP) has primarily examined the relationship between HPMP and firm performance in the context of large organisations. However, this study examines the relationship between HPMP and Sustainability outcomes (firm performance) in small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) and also within a specific cultural background which is under researched. This research study is related to both theory and practice. The main relevance lies in analyzing the relationship between HPMP and sustainability outcomes in SMEs. This research study relates to theory by applying the resource-based view and configurational approaches used in this study. The study employed a quantitative methodology. Data were collected through a self-administered survey questionnaire. The questionnaire was adopted from a previous validated survey measuring HPMP in Australian SMEs. The target population consisted of SMEs operating in the city of Karachi, Pakistan. Stratified random sampling was applied to collect data from two stratums i.e. manufacturing and service-sector SMEs. A total of 703 firms were selected, contacted by phone, and invited to participate in this survey. Of these firms, 357 SMEs (50.78 percent response rate) accepted the invitation to fill out the survey questionnaire. Most of the respondents who agreed requested that the researcher to visit their organizations personally. The data were analyzed by using Structural Equation Modeling techniques including exploratory factor analysis. The findings indicate a positive significant relationship between HPMP and sustainability outcomes. The link between these HPMP and the sustainability of SMEs demonstrates the value and importance of HPMP in achieving sustainability.

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Section: Journal Of Management Sciencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

High Performance Management Practices and Sustainability of SMEs. Evidence from Manufacturing and Services-based Industries in Pakistan

Raziq¹,

Wiesner²

2016

J.manag.sci.

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“…This shift in this framing of MAs implies that well-designed regression analyses (and therefore MAs) can provide indications that causality may be at work, or at least that phenomena require investigation. For example, research claiming to identify a statistical association between bundles of HRM practices and improved organisational performance, have prompted authors to carefully investigate the mechanisms and contexts that might sustain such an association (Fleetwood and Hesketh, 2006). Importantly, subsequent investigation can, and sometimes does, undermine claims deriving from these statistical associations.…”

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Critical Essay: Meta-analysis: A critical realist critique and alternative

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Meta-analysis has proved increasingly popular in management and organisation studies as a way of combining existing empirical quantitative research to generate a statistical estimate of how strongly variables are associated. Whilst a number of studies identify technical, procedural and practical limitations of meta-analyses, none have yet tackled the meta-theoretical flaws in this approach. We deploy critical realist meta-theory to argue that the individual quantitative studies, upon which meta-analysis relies, lack explanatory power because they are rooted in quasi-empiricist meta-theory. This problem, we argue, is carried over in meta-analyses. We then propose a 'Critical Realist Synthesis' as a potential alternative to the use of meta-analysis in organisation studies and social science more widely.

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“…Specifically, scholars (e.g., Paauwe and Boselie 2005;Fleetwood and Hesketh 2006) argue that the non-relevance of strategy, incorrect assumptions about linear causality, and a dearth of multi-level analysis in systems theory research represents a lack of theoretical rigour in studies which use the approach. our intention here is to address this gap, at least conceptually as a first step.…”

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Global Mobility in the 21st Century

McNulty

Cieri

2011

Manag Int Rev

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0This article develops a conceptual framework to assist in determining the value to be gained from long-term international assignments. 0 By integrating several streams of research, we present a new framework of expatriate return on investment (ROI) for global firms, which both builds on frameworks offered by other scholars and is informed by recent developments and emerging directions in global mobility research and practice. In doing so, we identify relevant questions to guide future research and draw implications of the framework for theory, research, and practice.

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HRM-performance research: under-theorized and lacking explanatory power

Cited by 61 publications

References 57 publications

High Performance Management Practices and Sustainability of SMEs. Evidence from Manufacturing and Services-based Industries in Pakistan

High Performance Management Practices and Sustainability of SMEs. Evidence from Manufacturing and Services-based Industries in Pakistan

Critical Essay: Meta-analysis: A critical realist critique and alternative

Global Mobility in the 21st Century

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