The Impact of Strategy and Human Resource Management Fit on Employee Behavior and Organizational Performance

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K01840
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 07080:Business administration-related
• Research Institution: University of Hyogo
• Principal Investigator: misaki hideo 兵庫県立大学, 国際商経学部, 教授 (30312763)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 戦略的人的資源管理 / 組織的公正

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to identify the mediating and coordinating variables between HRM and organizational performance using the framework of strategic human resource management research. The current interest in SHRM research is in so-called black box research, which theoretically and empirically identifies the variables mediating between HRM and organizational performance, which is its core proposition.
In this study, we were able to show that the fit between strategy and HRM has a positive impact on organizational justice, which is known to affect employee motivation and commitment, and that HRM has a positive impact on operating profit when it is compatible with strategy, while it has a negative impact when it is not .

Free Research Field

経営学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

人事は単に従業員を評価したり処遇したりすることではなく、戦略の実現に寄与すべき活動である。この点で、戦略と人的資源管理の適合は、企業にとって重要である。本研究で戦略と人的資源管理の適合が、従業員の行動に影響を与えることや企業業績に影響していることを示すことができたことは、今後の人的資源管理の設計や運用に参考になる考え方を提供できたといえる。