Human Resource Management Practices and Affective Commitment Under the Transformation of China's Manufacturing: A Yin-Yang Harmony Perspective

Abstract

Abstract:

The foundation of China's manufacturing innovation and transformation is the upgrading of workforce, which is greatly related to human resource management (HRM) practices. However, there has been a dearth of studies incorporating the views of Chinese culture and human capital to address relevant issues. Hence, this paper based on the Yin-Yang harmony perspective explores the effects of HRM practices on affective commitment (AC) during the transformation of Chinese manufacturing. Our research team investigates seven first-tier original equipment manufacturers (OEM) of Adidas Group in China, and then analyzes the data from 1,920 participants. Our results indicate that four HRM practices have significantly positive influence on AC (the sequence as per the weight of each factor is: performance appraisal, training, wage and welfare management, recruiting and selection). Moreover, the variable of age moderates the relationship between performance appraisal and AC, while the interaction effects between performance appraisal and salary & welfare management, and between training and recruitment & selection are positively related to AC. The main theoretical contribution of this paper is to integrate the Yin-Yang harmony perspective with Western theories to examine the impacts of HRM practices on AC in a specific context — which facilitates the establishment of indigenous, deeply-contextualized Chinese management theories. In addition, facing the challenges of China's economic new normal, this study can provide a valuable empirical basis that helps all manufacturers in China to lay out human capital strategies. This research thus has a certain practical significance.

Key words: human resource, affective commitment, manufacturing, Yin-Yang harmony, culture

Chin Tachia, Hu Lingyan, Liu Renhuai. Human Resource Management Practices and Affective Commitment Under the Transformation of China's Manufacturing: A Yin-Yang Harmony Perspective[J]. , 2018, 30(11): 164-175.

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