Enhancing supply chain learning and innovation performance through human resource management

Emerald - Tập 36 Số 3 - Trang 552-568 - 2021
Muhammad Zia Ul Haq1, Minhao Gu2, Baofeng Huo2
1Department of Business Administration, Air University Multan Campus, Multan, Pakistan
2Department of Operations and Supply Chain Management, College of Management and Economics, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China

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PurposeDespite the importance, no study exists which investigates the role of human resource (HR) in supply chain (SC) learning. This study aims to investigate the effects of high-performance human resource management (HRM) practices on different types of the SC learning (i.e. supplier, customer and internal learning) and innovation performance.Design/methodology/approachThis study applies structural equation modeling to test the conceptual model based on data collected from 213 manufacturing firms in China.FindingsThe findings indicate that empowerment improves all three dimensions of SC learning, whereas training improves supplier and internal learning and teamwork is not related to any dimension of SC learning. These HRM practices also interactively influence SC learning dimensions. Moreover, customer and internal learning are directly related to innovation performance, while supplier leaning has a complementary effect with internal leaning but a substitutional effect with customer learning to innovation performance.Research limitations/implicationsThis study only selects training, teamwork and empowerment to manifest high-performance HRM practices. The impacts of high-performance HRM practices on different dimensions of SC learning and innovation performance are tested empirically with cross sectional-data collected only from manufacturing firms in China.Practical implicationsThe findings suggest that managers can promote SC learning through the empowerment and training of their employees. Moreover, managers should place more emphasis on customer and internal learning to improve innovation performance.Originality/valueCombining HRM and supply chain management (SCM) fields, this study offers a new framework to understand linkages between high-performance HRM practices, SC learning and innovation performance by using an empirical method.

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