Exploring the Role of Human Resource Flexibility in Organizational Innovation

人力資源彈性策略對於組織創新相關性研究

杜秉叡(Ben-Roy Do) ； 葉弼雯(Pi-Wen Yeh)

《東海管理評論》 18卷1期 (2016/07) Pp. 185-218

摘要

This study examined the relationships among human resource (HR) flexibility, organizational culture, adaptive capability, and innovation performance. We propose a conceptual model and hypothesized that three sub dimensions of HR flexibility, namely employee skill flexibility, employee behavior flexibility, and HR practice flexibility, positively affect adaptability culture and adaptive capability. In addition, adaptability culture and adaptive capability can facilitate process and product innovation. Structural equation modeling by using data collected from 172 surveys from high-tech firms in Taiwan was performed to test the hypotheses. The results revealed a positive effect of employee behavior flexibility, employee skill flexibility, and HR practice flexibility on adaptability culture and adaptive capability. Moreover, adaptability culture and adaptive capability were found to have a positive effect on process and product innovation.

關鍵字

Employee skill flexibility ； employee behavior flexibility ； HR practices flexibility ； adaptability culture ； adaptive capability ； process innovation ； product innovation

並列摘要

本研究探討了人力資源彈性、適應型文化、適應型能力和創新績效之間的關係。我們提出一個概念模型，並假設人力資源彈性三個構面面向，即員工技能彈性，員工行為彈性和人資實務彈性，如何積極影響適應性文化和適應型能力。此外，適應型性文化和適應型能力對流程創新程和產品創新有正相關。本研究樣本來自台灣高科技公司172家調查收集的數據進行結構方程模型檢驗分析。研究結果顯示員工行為彈性，員工技能彈性性和人資實務彈性和組織的適應型文化和適應型能力有高度相關。此外，適應型文化和適應型能力被發現對流程創新和產品創新亦有正面的影響。

並列關鍵字

員工技能彈性 ； 員工行為彈性 ； 人資實務彈性 ； 適應性文化 ； 適應型能力 ； 流程創新 ； 產品創新

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