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High-involvement practices and performance of French firms

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  • Sylvie Guerrero

    (UQAM - Université du Québec à Montréal = University of Québec in Montréal)

  • Valérie Barraud-Didier

    (AGIR - AGroécologie, Innovations, teRritoires - Toulouse INP - Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) - UT - Université de Toulouse - INP - PURPAN - Ecole d'Ingénieurs de Purpan - Toulouse INP - Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) - UT - Université de Toulouse - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

Abstract

This article deals with the relationship between human resource practices (HRPs) and firm performances in France. It focuses on four specific HRPs that are able to involve employees: empowerment, compensation, communication and training. Each HRP taken in isolation is supposed to be positively related to performances because it is a source of motivation and commitment for employees. But there also exists a synergy between these practices: when they are combined into a bundle and are implemented all together, they should lead to better firm performances. A survey carried out among 180 human resource managers of large French companies leads to validation of most of our hypotheses. Contrary to previous research, we do not find a significant link between compensation and firm performance. The other HRPs are all indirectly related to financial performances, with social performance playing a mediating role. When they are combined into a bundle, HRPs have a stronger impact on performance than when they are studied individually. The article concludes with the importance of developing a strategic human resource policy and of implementing coherent and complementary high-involvement practices to increase firm performance.

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  • Sylvie Guerrero & Valérie Barraud-Didier, 2007. "High-involvement practices and performance of French firms," Post-Print hal-02648336, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02648336
    DOI: 10.1080/0958519042000258002
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    1. Ibrahim Tanko Gampine, 2023. "The role of human resource management practices on organizational innovation: The importance of innovation driven human resource practices," Post-Print hal-04177886, HAL.

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