Enhancing NPD Performance through Human Resource Management Practices
This study examines the impact of Human Resource Management (HRM) practices on New Product Development (NPD) performance. It highlights the importance of cooperation and knowledge sharing among employees, which contribute to a firm’s innovation-supportive culture and social capital. Key findings show that work design emphasizing cross-functional coordination and open communication enhances trust and shared understanding. Ultimately, appropriate HRM practices foster social networks and cooperation among employees, crucial for driving knowledge-sharing and innovation processes in NPD.
Enhancing NPD Performance through Human Resource Management Practices
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Enhancing NPD Performance through Human Resource Management Practices Chu-Chun Hsu Hsiao-Yun Liang
Results • The overall results suggest that HRM practices that facilitate cooperation and knowledge sharing among employees enhance a firm’s innovation supportive culture and social capital, and indirectly promote NPD performance by these organizational mechanisms. • Work design that emphasizes cross-functional coordination and open communication channels may directly and positively influence the social interactions, trust, and shared understanding between employees.
Results • The relationship between HRM practices and innovation performance exists, and specifically with regard to NPD performance. • Appropriate HRM practices can help to build the social networks and cooperation among employees that are vital in the knowledge-sharing and innovative processes.
