文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Human Resource Practices and Firm Performance in China: The Moderating Roles of Regional Human Capital Quality and Firm Innovation Strategy

作者：Li, Xiaobei[1,2];Qin, Xin[3];Jiang, Kaifeng[4];Zhang, Sanbao[5];Gao, Fei-Yi[6]

机构：[1]E China Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Business, Shanghai 200237, Peoples R China;[2]Peking Univ, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China;[3]Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sun Yat Sen Business Sch, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, Peoples R China;[4]Univ Notre Dame, Mendoza Coll Business, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA;[5]Wuhan Univ, Econ & Management Sch, Business Adm, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China;[6]Southwestern Univ Finance & Econ, Beijing, Peoples R China

年份：2015

卷号：11

期号：2

起止页码：237

外文期刊名：MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION REVIEW

收录：;WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:000358019800008)】；

基金：The authors thank the editor and two anonymous reviewers for their insightful and helpful comments and advice in the development of this paper. This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant numbers 71072071 and 71032001) and the Ministry of Education in China Project of Humanities and Social Sciences (Project No. 14YJC630070).

语种：英文

外文关键词：firm performance; human capital-enhancing HR practices; innovation strategy; regional human capital; strategic HR management

摘要：We conducted two studies to investigate the contingent role of regional human capital quality (i.e., the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the collective workforce in a region) in the relationship between firm-level human resource (HR) practices (i.e., practices focusing on employees' human capital development) and firm performance in China. Drawing upon human capital theory, we hypothesized that the human capital-enhancing HR practices and regional human capital quality have a substitutive effect on firm performance. Study 1 uses a World Bank survey of 9,125 firms in 30 provinces. We found that the human capital-enhancing HR practices relate more strongly to firm performance when regional human capital quality was lower than when it was higher. Study 2 used a sample of 203 firms across seven provinces. We found similar results. We further hypothesized and found that the substitutive effect of regional human capital quality was stronger when a firm adopted an innovation strategy. Our findings provide new evidence for the contingency perspective of strategic HR management and highlight the importance of matching HR practices with local labor quality conditions and the business strategy of the firm.