Strategic human resource management: Employee involvement, diversity, and international issues

Diversity Management and Its Impact on HRM Practices: Evidence from Kuwaiti Companies

“…This result is obviously consistent with the existing literature. For example, McMahan et al (1998) and Baird and Meshoulam (1998) revealed the relationship between DM and HRM from a strategic point of view.…”

Understanding Gender Inequality Towards The Firm: The Case of Garment Factories in Vietnam 2012-2014

“…One Europe Commission study suggested that 58 percent of firms with diversity programs show higher productivity resulted from increased employee motivation and efficiency (Desvaux et al, 2008). Gender diversity can possibly be a source of the intangible and socially complex resources of market insight, creativity and innovation, and improved problem-solving (McMahan et al, 1998).…”

“…Gender diversity can also possibly be a source of the intangible and socially complex resources of market insight, creativity and innovation, and improved problem-solving (McMahan et al, 1998). This is due to male and female employees are likely to have different experience in their social lives as well as demonstrate different thinking patterns.…”

A 'Human Growth' Perspective on Organizational Resources, Worker Satisfaction and Firm Performance

“…Involvement. Starting from the seminal contributions by Lawler (1986) and Arthur (1994) worker involvement and participation in decision making have been identified in the literature as key elements among the determinants of performance (Appelbaum, Bailey, Berg, & Kalleberg, 2000;Guest, 2011;McMahan, Bell, & Virick, 1998; among the many contributions,. Empirical tests show a positive relation between involvement and production performance, measured in a number of ways, such as productivity, profitability, innovation, retention rates, sales growth and, in the service sector, service quality, customer satisfaction and loyalty (Cottini, Kato, & Westergaard-Nielsen., 2011;Kwon, Chung, Roh, Chadwick, & Lawler, 2012;Huselid, 1995;Siddique, 2004;Wang, Liu, & Zhu, 2007;Diamantidis & Chatzoglou, 2010;Batt, 2002;Liao & Chuang, 2004).…”