An empirical examination of the mechanisms mediating between high performance work systems and the performance of Japanese organizations

Author

Riki TAKEUCHI, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
David P. LEPAK, Rutgers University - Newark
Heli WANG, Singapore Management UniversityFollow
Kazuo TAKEUCHI, Tokyo Keizai University

Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

7-2007

Abstract

The resource-based view of the firm and social exchange perspectives are invoked to hypothesize linkages among high-performance work systems, collective human capital, the degree of social exchange in an establishment, and establishment performance. The authors argue that high-performance work systems generate a high level of collective human capital and encourage a high degree of social exchange within an organization, and that these are positively related to the organization's overall performance. On the basis of a sample of Japanese establishments, the results provide support for the existence of these mediating mechanisms through which high-performance work systems affect overall establishment performance.

Keywords

human capital, mediators, relative establishment performance, social exchange theory, strategic HRM

Discipline

Asian Studies | Human Resources Management | Strategic Management Policy

Research Areas

Strategy and Organisation

Publication

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volume

92

Issue

4

First Page

1069

Last Page

1083

ISSN

0021-9010

Identifier

10.1037/0021-9010.92.4.1069

Publisher

American Psychological Association

Citation

TAKEUCHI, Riki; LEPAK, David P.; WANG, Heli; and TAKEUCHI, Kazuo. An empirical examination of the mechanisms mediating between high performance work systems and the performance of Japanese organizations. (2007). Journal of Applied Psychology. 92, (4), 1069-1083.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3454

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https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.92.4.1069