Partnership, high performance work systems and organizational effectiveness
Flood, Patrick C., Guthrie, James P., Liu, Wenchuan, O'Regan, Cathal, Armstrong, Claire, MacCurtain, Sarah and Mkamwa, Thadeus F.
(2008)
Partnership, high performance work systems and organizational effectiveness.
LInK Working Paper Series.
(Paper No. 02-08). The Learning, Innovation and Knowledge Research Centre, Dublin City University, Ireland.
Using data gathered from 132 organizations operating in Ireland, we examined the impact of high performance work systems (HPWS) and partnership on firm-level performance. Our results reveal that HPWS and partnership practices are positively associated with labour productivity, workplace innovation and negatively associated with voluntary turnover. More specifically, both HPWS and partnership are positively associated with labour productivity and employee retention, and the positive relationship between partnership and workplace innovation is mediated by HPWS.