TY - JOUR
T1 - How effective human resource management promotes corporate entrepreneurship
T2 - evidence from China
AU - Tang, Guiyao
AU - Wei, Liqun
AU - Snape, Ed
AU - Ng, Ying Chu
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful for the financial support of the Faculty Research Grant of Hong Kong Baptist University [grant number FRG/08-09/II-24]; the National Social Science Fund [grant number 13CGL072]; Shanda Independent Innovation Fund [grant number IFYT12063] for the data collection of this research.
PY - 2015/7/4
Y1 - 2015/7/4
N2 - Strategic human resource management (SHRM) represents a set of HRM practices that are aligned with firm strategies. The relationship between SHRM and organizational performance has been extensively examined; however, whether and how SHRM influences corporate entrepreneurship remains unknown. Based on the resource-based perspective, this study examined a model linking SHRM with corporate entrepreneurship. The importance of HRM people's political skill for a firm's development of devolved management through SHRM implementation was also examined. Data from a survey of 201 Chinese manufacturing firms confirm a significant relationship between SHRM and corporate entrepreneurship and that the relationship is partially mediated by a devolved management style. The relationship between SHRM and devolved management was shown to be stronger for firms with more politically skillful HRM people.
AB - Strategic human resource management (SHRM) represents a set of HRM practices that are aligned with firm strategies. The relationship between SHRM and organizational performance has been extensively examined; however, whether and how SHRM influences corporate entrepreneurship remains unknown. Based on the resource-based perspective, this study examined a model linking SHRM with corporate entrepreneurship. The importance of HRM people's political skill for a firm's development of devolved management through SHRM implementation was also examined. Data from a survey of 201 Chinese manufacturing firms confirm a significant relationship between SHRM and corporate entrepreneurship and that the relationship is partially mediated by a devolved management style. The relationship between SHRM and devolved management was shown to be stronger for firms with more politically skillful HRM people.
KW - corporate entrepreneurship
KW - devolved management
KW - political skill
KW - strategic human resource management
UR - https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/rijh/2015/00000026/00000012/art00004
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U2 - 10.1080/09585192.2014.953973
DO - 10.1080/09585192.2014.953973
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84926208663
SN - 0958-5192
VL - 26
SP - 1586
EP - 1601
JO - International Journal of Human Resource Management
JF - International Journal of Human Resource Management
IS - 12
ER -