L3a_Jiang, Lepak&Baer (2012): . How Does Human Resource Management Influence Organizational Outcomes? A Meta-Analytic Investigation of Mediating Mechanisms.

Question 1

main point of the paper?

Answer 1

do HR practices predict organizational outcomes?

Question 2

3 dimensions of “high performance work systems”

Answer 2

• ability / skill-enhancing
• motivation-enhancing
• opportunity-enhancing

–> AMO-model

Question 3

5 organizational outcomes

Answer 3

“proximal”:

• human capital
• motivation

“distal”:

• voluntary turnover
• operational outcomes
• financial outcomes

Question 4

research model (what are the relationships)

Answer 4

high perf. work systems
A Human Capital Voluntary Turnover
M –> Motivation —> Operational outcomes —> Financial outcomes
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Question 5

findings of the study

Answer 5

• the 3 dimensions (AMO) had different relationships with Human capital and Motivation
• A. more positively related to Human Capital, less positively related to Motivation
• A. and M. have direct relationships with financial outcomes
• ALL dimensions (AMO) had (in)direct influence on financial outcomes