Relationship between innovation-led HR policy, strategy and firm performance: a serial mediation investigation

Do, H., Budhwar, P. S. and Patel, C. (2018) Relationship between innovation-led HR policy, strategy and firm performance: a serial mediation investigation. Human Resource Management, 57 (7). pp. 1271-1284. ISSN 1099-050X doi: 10.1002/hrm.21903

Abstract/Summary

This research examines the relationship between innovation-led strategy and innovation-led HR policy (hereafter, management initiatives), and innovation performance. Our research model is theorised and tested in the Vietnamese context, based on servant leadership theory and componential theory of creativity. We draw upon constructs of management initiatives, servant leadership, employee creativity, and firm innovation to hypothesize serial mediation mechanisms linking management initiatives to firm performance. Using a multilevel sample of 56 service firms, we conduct multilevel path analyses. We find that (1) individual-level servant leadership mediates the top-down relationship between management initiatives and employee creativity; (2) employee creativity mediates the bottom-up relationship between individual-level servant leadership and firm-level innovation; and (3) firm-level innovation mediates the bottom-up relationship between employee creativity and firm-level market performance. We conclude by discussing both theoretical and practical implications.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/74975
Identification Number/DOI	10.1002/hrm.21903
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Henley Business School > International Business and Strategy
Publisher	Wiley
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