Development and test of a model of external organizational commitment in human resources outsourcing
Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
9-2008
Abstract
Most prior outsourcing studies in the human resources domain have focused on the initial decision for outsourcing HR activities. Hence, little is known about HR managers' commitment to continue an already existing outsourcing relationship. This study constitutes a first step to increase our understanding of the factors related to the continuity of HR outsourcing relationships. We developed and tested a model of HR managers' (N = 186) commitment in outsourcing relationships. Affective commitment or the desire for the outsourcing relationship to continue was related to the depth and frequency of HR outsourcing. Conversely, continuance commitment, which refers to the constraints that keep the outsourcing relationship intact, was not related to the continuity of HR outsourcing. Finally, affective commitment was fostered by HR managers' perception that HR vendors shared the same values for managing people.
Keywords
Lievens: Human resources outsourcing, external organizational commitment, shared values, trust;switching costs
Discipline
Human Resources Management | Organizational Behavior and Theory
Research Areas
Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources
Publication
Human Resource Management
Volume
47
Issue
3
First Page
559
Last Page
579
ISSN
0090-4848
Identifier
10.1002/hrm.20232
Publisher
Wiley: 24 months
Citation
LIEVENS, Filip and DE CORTE, Wilfried.
Development and test of a model of external organizational commitment in human resources outsourcing. (2008). Human Resource Management. 47, (3), 559-579.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5649
Copyright Owner and License
Publisher
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.20232