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High performance work systems and employees’ intention to leave

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  • Subhash C. Kundu
  • Neha Gahlawat

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Purpose - This paper aims to advance the research on relationship between high performance work systems (HPWS) and employees’ intention to leave by examining the mediating role of trust, motivation and organizational citizenship behaviour. Design/methodology/approach - Primary data based on 563 respondents were analysed to investigate the relationship between HPWS, employee outcomes and employees’ intention to leave. Statistical techniques like confirmatory factor analysis, correlations, regression and bootstrapping were used to analyse the data. Findings - The study has revealed that the application of HPWS in the form of rigorous staffing, extensive training, performance-based appraisal and compensation, employee relations, self-managed teams, flexible work arrangements and empowerment results in enhanced employee work-related outcomes and decreased intention to leave among employees. The results have indicated that the relationship between HPWS and employees’ intention to leave is serially mediated by employee outcomes. Practical implications - The study gives strong indications that investments in creating bundles of high performance HR practices will enhance the value of the human capital by eliciting favourable employee attitudes and behaviours and therefore will prove beneficial for the organizations operating in India. Originality/value - This study has attempted to provide new insights in the underlying mechanism existing in the relationship between HPWS and employees’ intention to leave by using multiple mediators in sequence.

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  • Subhash C. Kundu & Neha Gahlawat, 2016. "High performance work systems and employees’ intention to leave," Management Research Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 39(12), pages 1587-1615, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:mrrpps:mrr-04-2015-0088
    DOI: 10.1108/MRR-04-2015-0088
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    1. Ramaisa Aqdas & Nik Ab Halim Nik Abdullah, 2019. "High Performance Work System and Export Performance," Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, International Research Alliance for Sustainable Development (iRASD), vol. 7(2), pages :245-256, June.
    2. Badrinarayan Srirangam Ramaprasad & Sethumadhavan Lakshminarayanan & Yogesh P. Pai, 2021. "Exploring the Mediating Role of Employee Attitudes in the Relationship between High-Performance Work Systems and Turnover Intention among IT Professionals in India: A Serial Mediation Approach," Global Business Review, International Management Institute, vol. 22(1), pages 197-218, February.
    3. Luis Roberto Domínguez Aguirre & Israel Lozano Jiménez & Paloma Shirley López Lomelí & Iván Alexis Sotelo Pioquinto, 2020. "La intención de salida y sus relaciones causales (2013-2018). Un análisis documental con base en la web of Science," Revista de Investigación en Ciencias Contables y Administrativas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Facultad de Contaduría y Ciencias Administrativas, vol. 5(2), pages 55-78, June.
    4. Luis Roberto Domínguez Aguirre & Israel Lozano Jiménez & Paloma Shirley López Lomelí & Iván Alexis Sotelo Pioquinto, 2020. "La intención de salida y sus relaciones causales (2013-2018). Un análisis documental con base en la web of Science," Revista de Investigación en Ciencias Contables y Administrativas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Facultad de Contaduría y Ciencias Administrativas, vol. 5(2), pages 55-78, June.

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