High Performance Work Systems and Organizational Performance: Examining the Impact of Societal Culture in a Cross-National Study

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This paper examines the impact of societal culture on the adoption of high performance work systems (HPWS), and explores the impact of societal culture on the relationships between HPWS and a broad range of organizational performance outcomes. HPWS is examined using the ability-motivation-opportunity (AMO) framework and using GLOBE project, the study includes Power Distance (PD), Institutional Collectivism and In-Group Collectivism practices as measures of societal culture. Drawing on large scale field data from 387 organizations from 14 countries involving matched employer-employee data, the findings show that skill enhancing (SEHR), motivation (MEHR) and opportunity enhancing (OEHR) practices do relate to organizational behavioral and business outcomes. The results further suggest that that Power Distance, Institutional and In-Group Collectivism aspects of societal culture’s practices moderate the relationships between HR systems and performance outcomes

Period	28 Jun 2016
Event title	Academy of International Business 2016 Annual Meeting, New Orleans
Event type	Conference
Location	United StatesShow on map