An empirical examination of the mechanisms mediating between high performance work systems and the performance of Japanese organizations

• Main Authors: TAKEUCHI, Riki, LEPAK, David P., WANG, Heli, TAKEUCHI, Kazuo
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2007
• Subjects: human capital; mediators; relative establishment performance; social exchange theory; strategic HRM; Asian Studies; Human Resources Management; Strategic Management Policy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3454; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/4453/viewcontent/Emp_Exam_High_Perf_Work_Sys_Japanese_afv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The resource-based view of the firm and social exchange perspectives are invoked to hypothesize linkages among high-performance work systems, collective human capital, the degree of social exchange in an establishment, and establishment performance. The authors argue that high-performance work systems generate a high level of collective human capital and encourage a high degree of social exchange within an organization, and that these are positively related to the organization's overall performance. On the basis of a sample of Japanese establishments, the results provide support for the existence of these mediating mechanisms through which high-performance work systems affect overall establishment performance.