Human Capital-Demographic Diversity in the Relationship Between HRM Practices and Firm Performance: The Spanish Case

The purpose of this research is to analyze the moderating effect that the demographic diversity of employees may have on the relationship between HRM practices and business performance. Using a simple of more than one hundred Spanish companies, we carried out a factor analysis principal axis factori...

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Autores: Triguero Sánchez, Rafael, Peña Vinces, Jesús del Carmen, Guillen, Jorge, Sánchez-Apellaniz García, Mercedes
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/69321
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Palabra clave:Demographic diversity
HRM practices
Non-linear models
Organizational performance
Spanish firms
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spelling Human Capital-Demographic Diversity in the Relationship Between HRM Practices and Firm Performance: The Spanish CaseTriguero Sánchez, RafaelPeña Vinces, Jesús del CarmenGuillen, JorgeSánchez-Apellaniz García, MercedesDemographic diversityHRM practicesNon-linear modelsOrganizational performanceSpanish firmsThe purpose of this research is to analyze the moderating effect that the demographic diversity of employees may have on the relationship between HRM practices and business performance. Using a simple of more than one hundred Spanish companies, we carried out a factor analysis principal axis factoring with varimax rotation on the identified HRM practices and perceived organizational performance as factor with good factor loadings, consistent with the proposed model. Our findings indicate that the demographic diversity of employees, such as "age" and "gender", conditions the effects of HRM practices on organizational performance. This research contributes to meeting the demand for studies including moderating variables between HR policies and practices and business performance. The literature pays little attention to no-linear models. Examining the factors determining demographic diversity sheds more light on the black box of the relationship between human practices and organizational performance. This study used a cross-sectional sample which limits the concluisions regarding the findingsMedwell JournalsAdministración de Empresas y Marketing2016info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/69321reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésInternational Business Management, 10 (3), 277-291.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/693212026-06-17T12:51:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Human Capital-Demographic Diversity in the Relationship Between HRM Practices and Firm Performance: The Spanish Case
title Human Capital-Demographic Diversity in the Relationship Between HRM Practices and Firm Performance: The Spanish Case
spellingShingle Human Capital-Demographic Diversity in the Relationship Between HRM Practices and Firm Performance: The Spanish Case
Triguero Sánchez, Rafael
Demographic diversity
HRM practices
Non-linear models
Organizational performance
Spanish firms
title_short Human Capital-Demographic Diversity in the Relationship Between HRM Practices and Firm Performance: The Spanish Case
title_full Human Capital-Demographic Diversity in the Relationship Between HRM Practices and Firm Performance: The Spanish Case
title_fullStr Human Capital-Demographic Diversity in the Relationship Between HRM Practices and Firm Performance: The Spanish Case
title_full_unstemmed Human Capital-Demographic Diversity in the Relationship Between HRM Practices and Firm Performance: The Spanish Case
title_sort Human Capital-Demographic Diversity in the Relationship Between HRM Practices and Firm Performance: The Spanish Case
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Triguero Sánchez, Rafael
Peña Vinces, Jesús del Carmen
Guillen, Jorge
Sánchez-Apellaniz García, Mercedes
author Triguero Sánchez, Rafael
author_facet Triguero Sánchez, Rafael
Peña Vinces, Jesús del Carmen
Guillen, Jorge
Sánchez-Apellaniz García, Mercedes
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author2 Peña Vinces, Jesús del Carmen
Guillen, Jorge
Sánchez-Apellaniz García, Mercedes
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Administración de Empresas y Marketing
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Demographic diversity
HRM practices
Non-linear models
Organizational performance
Spanish firms
topic Demographic diversity
HRM practices
Non-linear models
Organizational performance
Spanish firms
description The purpose of this research is to analyze the moderating effect that the demographic diversity of employees may have on the relationship between HRM practices and business performance. Using a simple of more than one hundred Spanish companies, we carried out a factor analysis principal axis factoring with varimax rotation on the identified HRM practices and perceived organizational performance as factor with good factor loadings, consistent with the proposed model. Our findings indicate that the demographic diversity of employees, such as "age" and "gender", conditions the effects of HRM practices on organizational performance. This research contributes to meeting the demand for studies including moderating variables between HR policies and practices and business performance. The literature pays little attention to no-linear models. Examining the factors determining demographic diversity sheds more light on the black box of the relationship between human practices and organizational performance. This study used a cross-sectional sample which limits the concluisions regarding the findings
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