Empirical insights on the nature of synergies among HRM policies - An analysis of an ethics-oriented HRM system

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• 作者：Marco Guerci^a ; ^{marco.guerci@unimi.it}Author Vitae ; Giovanni Radaelli^b ; ^{Giovanni.Radaelli@wbs.ac.uk}Author Vitae ; Francesca De Battisti^c ; ^{francesca.debattisti@unimi.it}Author Vitae ; Elena Siletti^c ; ^{Elena.siletti@unimi.it}Author Vitae
• 关键词：Human resource management systems ; Synergy ; Ethics ; AMO model
• 刊名：Journal of Business Research
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：71
• 期：Complete
• 页码：66-73
• 全文大小：311 K
• 卷排序：71

文摘

In the last years, several HRM scholars have theoretically support the idea that the policies bundled in an HRM system present synergistic effects. Surprisingly, empirical studies about those synergistic effects are scarce, and their results unstable. As a result, some critical voices in the HR field are questioning the idea of synergies among HR policies, and calling for more research which does not take them for granted. Addressing this gap, this study tests the existence and nature of synergies in HRM systems targeted at improving the employees' perception of benevolent and principled ethical climates. Results from a probabilistic sample of 6000 employees from 6 European countries highlight that synergies occur both for benevolent and principled ethical climates, even if the specific components of the HRM system presenting synergistic effects are different in the two cases. Implications of the findings for HRM practice are presented and discussed.