The Synergistic Effect in High Performance Human Resource Practices: Based on the Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Abstract

Abstract:

The benefits of human resource bundles (HR bundles) are heavily debated in the strategic human resource management literature. This study uses a configurational approach to analyze the constellation of different HR bundles in which a bundle leads to low employee turnover. Our results indicate that when the organization tries to reduce employee turnover by acquiring ability-enhancing HR bundle, the motivation-enhancing HR bundle should be implemented at the same time. Our study also finds implementing the immediate incentive and performance-based appraisal simultaneously can reduce employee turnover effectively. While the organization wants to reduce employee turnover by acquiring opportunity-enhancing HR bundle, we find some evidence for arguing that combining the other two HR practices bundles would be better. The study confirms that bundles of human resource practices would receive high organization performance empirically, and exploits the rule of how the HR bundles bind.

Key words: human resource bundles, synergy effect, complementary effect, employee turnover

Peng Juan, Zhang Guanglei, Liu Shanshi. The Synergistic Effect in High Performance Human Resource Practices: Based on the Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis[J]. , 2016, 28(5): 175-185.

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