The Role of Procedural Justice and Power Distance in the Relationship Between High Performance Work Systems and Employee Attitudes: A Multilevel Perspective

2009 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 1228-1247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei-Chuan Wu ◽  
Sankalp Chaturvedi
Keyword(s):  
Procedural Justice ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Employee Attitudes ◽  
Work Systems ◽  
High Performance Work Systems ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

This study examines the role of procedural justice and power distance in the relationship between high-performance work systems (HPWSs) and employee attitudes (affective commitment and job satisfaction). The study tests the mediating role of procedural justice on the relationships between HPWS and employee attitudes and the moderating role of power distance in this relationship. The results, based on a sample of 1,383 employees across 23 firms from three countries, indicate that HPWS is strongly related to employee attitudes. The results also indicate that procedural justice mediates the influence of HPWS on employee attitudes.

Exploring the Mediating Role of Employee Attitudes in the Relationship between High-Performance Work Systems and Turnover Intention among IT Professionals in India: A Serial Mediation Approach

2018 ◽  
pp. 097215091879535
Author(s):  
Badrinarayan Srirangam Ramaprasad ◽  
Sethumadhavan Lakshminarayanan ◽  
Yogesh P. Pai
Keyword(s):  
Turnover Intention ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Employee Attitudes ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Work Systems ◽  
High Performance Work Systems ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Serial Mediation ◽  
The Relationship

The primary purpose of this study was to seek an answer to the question of ‘how’ do high-performance work systems (HPWSs) relate to turnover intention (TI) among information technology (IT) professionals in the Indian IT sector. Against the backdrop of this purpose, we examined, by using multiple regression analysis and a serial mediation approach, the intervening effects that the constructs of work engagement (WE) and organizational commitment (OC) exercised, sequentially, on the relationship between HPWS and TI among 752 IT professionals spread across 17 Indian IT organizations. The findings of this study reveal that the relationship between HPWS and employees’ TI is entirely indirect; that is, WE and OC, in that order, fully and serially mediate the relationship between HPWS and employees’ TI. Further, the study offers a strong case for practitioners from the Indian IT sector to adopt a robust and a synergetic HPWS in order to elicit favourable employee attitudes and consequently mitigate the employees’ TI.

How exploitative leadership influences employee innovative behavior: the mediating role of relational attachment and moderating role of high-performance work systems

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhining Wang ◽  
Chuanwei Sun ◽  
Shaohan Cai
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Innovative Behavior ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Work Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
High Performance Work Systems ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Relational Attachment

PurposeThe purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between exploitative leadership and employee innovative behavior and explore the mediating role of relational attachment and the moderating role of high-performance work systems (HPWSs).Design/methodology/approachThis research collected data from 374 employees and their direct supervisors in 75 teams and tested a cross-level moderated mediation model using multilevel path analysis.FindingsThe results suggest that (1) exploitative leadership has a negative impact on employee innovative behavior; (2) relational attachment mediates the relationship between exploitative leadership and employee innovative behavior; (3) HPWS positively moderates the relationship between exploitative leadership and relational attachment and (4) HPWS moderates the mediating mechanism from exploitative leadership to employee innovative behavior.Practical implicationsThe empirical findings suggest that organizations should make efforts to prevent exploitative leadership. Moreover, managers should pay attention to the important role of relational attachment in promoting employee innovative behavior and realize the role of HPWSs in facilitating the negative effects of exploitative leadership.Originality/valueThis research identifies relational attachment as a key mediator that links exploitative leadership to innovative behavior and reveals the role of HPWSs in strengthening the negative effects of exploitative leadership on employee innovative behavior.

Work engagement, tenure, and external opportunities moderate perceived high-performance work systems and affective commitment

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Bin Hu ◽  
Zhenhu Hou ◽  
Miranda Chi Kuan Mak ◽  
Sabrina Lingxiao Xu ◽  
Xuhua Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Affective Organizational Commitment ◽  
Work Systems ◽  
High Performance Work Systems ◽  
Individualized Approach ◽  
Organizational Tenure ◽  
The Relationship

We examined the role of our proposed moderators, namely, work engagement, organizational tenure, and perceived external opportunities, in the relationship between perceived high-performance work systems (HPWS) and affective organizational commitment. We conducted a survey with 94 employees of an information technology company in China. The results showed that the effect of perceived HPWS on affective commitment is stronger among employees with longer tenure, and weaker among employees who perceive more external opportunities. The results also showed that the effect of perceived HPWS on affective commitment is stronger at a marginally significant level among employees with stronger work engagement. These findings suggest that organizational managers should pay more attention to individual factors that may change employees’ responses to HPWS, and adopt a more individualized approach to retain talented employees.

Indian study shows high-performance work systems (HPWS) mediate the relationship between business strategy and employees’ intention to leave

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Business Strategy ◽  
Cost Reduction ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Intention To Leave ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Work Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
High Performance Work Systems ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose This paper examines the relationship between business strategies and employees’ intention to leave (ITL), through the mediating role of high-performance work system (HPWS). Design/methodology/approach To test their hypotheses, the authors used self-administered questionnaires. They drew up a list of 600 organizations of different nature and structure operating in India that were listed by the Federation of Indian Chambers and Industry. They approved 192 organizations and sent the surveys to 960 executives. They aimed to receive a minimum of one response from an HR executive and two from non-HR executives from each one. In the end, they received 572 useable responses. Findings The study found that high-performance work systems (HPWS) mediate the relationship between business strategy and employees’ intention to leave (ITL). The two effective approaches were “quality management” and “innovation strategy”, both of which reinforced the adoption of HPWS. But a third approach, a “cost-reduction strategy”, was not shown to be positively correlated with HPWS. Another important finding was that the influence on ITL did not vary across the types, or ownership structures, of the firms. Originality/value The data has lessons for HR departments. First, it shows it is advantageous for firms hoping to retain more employees to invest in HPWS that are consistent with the values of their organizations. A second practical finding is that firms need to take into account the Indian context. A third lesson is HR practitioners should make strong efforts to communicate the goals of the HPWS to employees The study also shows firms adopting cost-reduction strategies should focus more on treating employees as resources.

High-performance work systems and open innovation: moderating role of IT capability

2020 ◽  
Vol 120 (8) ◽  
pp. 1441-1457
Author(s):  
Jia Zheng ◽  
Hefu Liu ◽  
Jingmei Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Work Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
High Performance Work Systems ◽  
It Capability ◽  
Role Of It ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

PurposeThis study aims to explore the impact of high-performance work systems (HPWS) on open innovation and the moderating role of information technology (IT) capability on the relationship between HPWS and open innovation.Design/methodology/approachThis study conducted a questionnaire survey in the industrial parks of the Yangzi River Delta in China and obtained 108 useful responses.FindingsHPWS positively impacts open innovation. IT exploration capability strengthens the relationship between HPWS and open innovation, whereas IT exploitation capability and ambidexterity do not strengthen such relationship.Research limitations/implicationsFirms should use HPWS to improve employees' motivation of external learning and searching for enhancing innovation openness. They should acknowledge the enabling role of IT exploration capability in facilitating employees' learning and searching toward open innovation and discreetly develop IT exploitation capability and ambidexterity during external knowledge searching, which may not achieve the desired facilitation purpose.Originality/valueThis study contributes to human resource management (HRM) by suggesting that a new antecedent, which is HPWS in our case, should be taken into account when considering the influence of HRM in the process of open innovation. This study has important implications for HPWS, IT capability and open innovation; open innovation can be improved by using HPWS and IT capability. This study also expands IT ambidexterity to HRM and innovation studies.

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