Human resource orientation and corporate performance

✍ Scribed by Long W. Lam; Louis P. White

• Book ID: 102858730
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 784 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1044-8004
• DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.3920090406

✦ Synopsis

Long W Lam, Louis I? White H R D has been seen as an issue that is criticalfor U S . corporations so that they can remain competitive. Yet little has been known about the strategc role of H R D and how it may influence corporate performance. In this study, we have argued that H R D plays an immensely strategic role when combined with effective recruitment and compensation policies. These three activities together contribute to the company's human resource (HR) orientation and create swtainable competitive advantages for organizations. Datafrom fourteen manufacturing industries supported the proposition that companies with a strong HR orientation performed signijicantly better than firms with a weaker H R orientation. Suggestions were offered with respect to the strategic and developmental role of H R management.