A multilevel model of human capital contribution to company performance: The role of HR practices and the human capital emergence
(2013) Proceedings / Academy of Management — Vol. 1, p. 12935 (2013)
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- Drawing on a multilevel model of human capital emergence processes, this study investigates the mechanism that mediates the human resources management practices–business unit performance relationship and its boundary conditions. For a sample of 383 employees from 60 business units from knowledge-intensive firms, the results show that the relationship between individual and collective human capital is not systematic; rather, individual human capital components emerge at the collective level through the moderating effect of collective affective commitment (an emergence-enabling state), and collective human capital resources subsequently contribute to business unit performance. The findings also demonstrate the positive effect of two human resource management practice bundles on the process by which human capital emerges: Skill-enhancing practices enhance individual human capital components, and empowerment-fostering practices positively influence collective affective commitment, which enables the human capital emergence process.
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Louvain School of Management Strategy and Organisation
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Demortier, A.-L., Delobbe, N., & El Akremi, A. (2013). A multilevel model of human capital contribution to company performance: The role of HR practices and the human capital emergence. Proceedings / Academy of Management, 1, 12935. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2013.147 (Original work published 2013)