The Impact of Adaptation-Oriented HRM on Exploration: Mediating Effects of Self-Organization

초록

Organizations must pursue efficiency and exploration at the same time to respond to environmental changes. Especially, it is necessary for firms to implement adaptation-oriented Human Resource Management (HRM) to respond successively and quickly to environmental changes. Some organizations attempt to achieve these goals through self-organization. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between adaptation-oriented human resource management and exploration, and the mediating role of self-organization in this relationship. Using a nationally representative dataset from South Korea (173 companies and 692 observations), this study analyzes the relationship between adaptation-oriented HRM and exploration with panel regression analysis. The results show that there is a positive relationship between adaptation-oriented HRM and self-organization and that self-organization has a statistically significant positive effect on the exploration of a firm. Moreover, the results support the partial mediation model for self-organization in the relationship between adaptation-oriented HRM and exploration. This study shows that for the organizations which pursue innovation to cope with the rapidly changing times, they should adopt adaptation-oriented human resource (HR) practices and also pay more attention to the formation of self-organization.

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