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Wu, N., Hoque, Kim, Bacon, N. and Bou, J. C. (2016) High performance work systems and workplace performance in small, medium-sized and large firms. Human Resource Management Journal, 25 (4). pp. 408-423. doi:10.1111/1748-8583.12084 ISSN 0954-5395.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12084
Abstract
This article draws on the Organisational Growth and Development (OGD) life cycle model to explore the relationship between high-performance work systems (HPWS) and performance in firms of different size, thereby extending understanding of congruence or ‘best fit’ theory within strategic HRM debates. With reference to management control theory, economies of scale and the availability of specialist managerial skills, the article hypothesises that while an HPWS–performance relationship might exist in small, medium-sized and large firms, the relationship will be stronger in large firms than in both small and medium-sized firms, and stronger in medium-sized firms than in small firms. Analysis of data from the British Workplace Employment Relations Survey demonstrates, however, that there is no association between HPWS and workplace performance in medium-sized firms, in contrast to the positive relationship between HPWS and performance found in large firms and between HPWS and labour productivity in small firms.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Industrial Relations Research Unit Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Human Resource Management Journal | ||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||
ISSN: | 0954-5395 | ||||||
Official Date: | November 2016 | ||||||
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Volume: | 25 | ||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 408-423 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/1748-8583.12084 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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