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Effect of diversity on human resource management and organizational performance

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  • Lu, Chia-Mei
  • Chen, Shyh-Jer
  • Huang, Pei-Chi
  • Chien, Jui-Ching

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Extant research on strategic human resource management (HRM) primarily focuses on manufacturing and large-scale service organizations. However, given the significant economic contribution of, and the employment opportunities provided by, Taiwan's fashion styling industry, the effectiveness of the organizations in this industry is a topic worth examining. By employing a resource-based view and taking an information/decision-making perspective, this study investigates (1) the relationship between a firm's HRM system and its performance and (2) the interaction effect of age diversity, professional tenure diversity, and expertise diversity in the fashion styling industry. The study collects data from both managers and front-end professional service employees in the fashion styling industry and uses multiple regression analysis to test the proposed hypotheses. The paper also discusses implications for theory and practice.

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  • Lu, Chia-Mei & Chen, Shyh-Jer & Huang, Pei-Chi & Chien, Jui-Ching, 2015. "Effect of diversity on human resource management and organizational performance," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 68(4), pages 857-861.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:68:y:2015:i:4:p:857-861
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2014.11.041
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