The impact of market orientation and strategic HRM on firm performance: the case of Chinese enterprises

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Wei, Li-Qun; Lau, Chung-Ming
• 署名单位: Hong Kong Baptist University; Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400395
• 发表日期: 2008
• 页码: 980-995
• 关键词: MARKET ORIENTATION; STRATEGIC HRM; firm performance; CHINA

摘要

This study examines market orientation as the antecedent to strategic human resource management (SHRM), and the related effects on firm performance in an emerging economy context. It is suggested that the relationship between SHRM and firm performance is moderated by ownership type and autonomy in staffing of these firms. Empirical results from a sample of Chinese firms from various industries and regions reveal that SHRM mediates the relationship between market orientation and firm performance. It is also found that the effect of SHRM on firm performance is stronger for firms with a higher degree of autonomy in staffing, and weaker for private firms. Other types of ownership (state or foreign) have no effect on this relationship.