Does Strategic Human Resource Involvement and Devolvement Enhance Organisational Performance? Evidence from Jordan

Darwish, Tamer K ORCID: 0000-0003-1815-9338 and Singh, Satwinder (2013) Does Strategic Human Resource Involvement and Devolvement Enhance Organisational Performance? Evidence from Jordan. International Journal of Manpower, 34 (6). pp. 674-692. doi:10.1108/IJM-01-2012-0003

Preview

Text Does Strategic HR Involvement.pdf - Accepted Version Download (551kB) | Preview

Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test empirically the relationship between the strategic involvement and the devolvement of human resource functions with organisational performance. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on the primary data collected from the population of financial firms based in Jordan. The methodology adopted for the purpose of data analysis includes the use of basic statistics, zero‐order correlations, confirmatory factor analysis and hierarchical regressions. Findings – The results provide strong support for the hypothesis that the involvement of human resource functions into the business and corporate strategy reduces employee turnover rate and enhances financial performance. The analysis does not support the second hypothesis that empowering day‐to‐day human resource functions to line managers impacts negatively on employee turnover and positively on financial performance. Practical implications – Our results imply that financial performance can be enhanced and employee turnover rate decreased by involving human resource directors in the overall strategic decision‐making process of companies. However, our results also imply that the devolvement of routine human resource issues to line managers is neither positively related to the financial performance of the companies nor negatively related to employee turnover. This raises doubts as to whether, after having involved human resource functions into the strategic affairs of the company, they are empowered enough to make a positive impact. Originality/value – This is one of few papers conducted on this topic in a non‐western environment, and the first of its kind for the country of Jordan. This paper contributes to the field through its approach to measuring and testing strategic human resource management theory. The paper also successfully links the core aspects of strategic human resource management with objective indicators of financial performance of the companies.

Item Type:	Article
Article Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Organisational performance, Confirmatory factor analysis, Hierarchical regressions, Human resource devolvement/empowerment, Strategic human resource involvement
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5001 Business > HF5549 Personnel management. Employment management
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > School of Business, Computing and Social Sciences
Research Priority Areas:	Applied Business & Technology
Depositing User:	Tamer Darwish
Date Deposited:	13 Jan 2016 10:23
Last Modified:	05 Aug 2023 13:07
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/2992

University Staff: Request a correction | Repository Editors: Update this record