An Exploratory Study of the Relationship between Responsible Downsizing Strategies and Firm Performance: The Mediating Role of Dynamic Strategic Capabilities

初探負責性組織精簡策略與企業績效間之關係：企業動態策略能力之中介效果

蔡正飛(Philip Cheng-Fei Tsai) ； 施智婷(Chih-Ting Shih)

《人力資源管理學報》 7卷2期 (2007/06) Pp. 113-135

https://doi.org/10.6147/JHRM.2007.0702.06

摘要

組織精簡是長年以來國內外企業經常使用的管理策略，可是精簡後企業的績效卻莫衷一是，而且又傷害了千千萬萬的員工、他們的家庭與社會。組織變革領域學者認為負責性的組織精簡策略應能解決這課題。本研究以跨領域的思維，除回顧組織變革領域的文獻之外，亦探索了策略與策略性人力資源管理等領域的相關文獻。發現「企業動態策略能力」，應是負責性的組織精簡策略與企業的績效之間的關鍵中介變項。意即，負責性的組織精簡策略必須能增強企業動態策略能力後，才能提升企業績效。本研究以台灣129家實施過組織精簡的企業為樣本，以量化研究的方法證實了這概念。這發現對組織變革、人力資源管理與策略等領域的理論發展、管理實務運用及社會議題的舒緩與解決上將有所貢獻。

關鍵字

組織精簡 ； 負責性組織精簡策略 ； 動態策略能力 ； 企業績效 ； 策略性人力資源管理

並列摘要

So far, downsizing in organizations is still a popular management strategy all over the world. However, the question of whether downsizing strategy eventually improve firms' performance is frequently asked and is never satisfactorily answered. The consequences have not always materialized for years. The possible answers could be the ignorance of some important mechanisms (black boxes) between them. After reviewing the literature on organization change, strategy, and strategic human resource management research field, we found that firm's dynamic strategic capabilities is the key mechanism between firm's downsizing strategies and firm performance. We used 129 downsized firms as the sample to empirically test this concept. The result proves that one way a responsible downsizing strategy leads to higher firm performance is through developing and enhancing firm's dynamic strategic capabilities. This finding helps to solve the issue which bothered organization change field and management practice for years.

並列關鍵字

downsizing ； strategies for responsible restructuring ； dynamic strategic capabilities ； strategic human resource management ； firm performance

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