Strategy, core competence, and HR involvement as determinants of HR effectiveness and refinery performance
✍ Scribed by Patrick M. Wright; Gary C. McMahan; Blaine McCormick; W. Scott Sherman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 108 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0090-4848
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✦ Synopsis
This study examines the impact of strategy, core competence, and involvement of HR executives in strategic decision making on the refinery managers' evaluation of the effectiveness of HR and on refinery performance among 86 U.S. petrochemical refineries. Survey results indicated that higher involvement of HR in organizational strategy was strongly related to perceptions of HR effectiveness, and that the relationship was strongest to the extent that refineries pursued a product innovation strategy and viewed skilled employees as their core competence. HR involvement was unrelated to refinery performance but was actually negatively related when refineries emphasized efficient production as their core competence.