Specific Human Resource Practices Towards Middle Managers and Their Effects on Their Strategic Roles

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-70
Author(s):  
Fakher Moncef Jaoua
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Middle Managers ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Human Resource Practices ◽  
Human Resource Managers ◽  
Group Incentives ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Resource Managers

This research focuses on the contribution of human resource managers to activate and develop the potential of middle managers in a strategy development process. Precisely, the attention is directed on specific practices used by human resource managers and their effects on strategic roles of middle managers in emerging market companies. A survey questionnaire was distributed to 350 CEOs of large Tunisian companies participating in the Industrial Upgrading Program. The results of the application of structural equation methods show the existence and significant and positive effects of specific human resource practices on strategic roles of middle managers. Participation in the decisions and team/group incentives are used by middle managers and influence all strategic roles of middle managers. However, pre-employment training is used towards middle managers, but it has no effect on all strategic roles of middle managers.

Specific Human Resource Practices Towards Middle Managers and Their Effects on Their Strategic Roles

2022 ◽  
pp. 1707-1726
Author(s):  
Fakher Moncef Jaoua
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Middle Managers ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Human Resource Practices ◽  
Human Resource Managers ◽  
Industrial Upgrading ◽  
Group Incentives ◽  
Resource Managers

This research focuses on the contribution of human resource managers to activate and develop the potential of middle managers in a strategy development process. Precisely, the attention is directed on specific practices used by human resource managers and their effects on strategic roles of middle managers in emerging market companies. A survey questionnaire was distributed to 350 CEOs of large Tunisian companies participating in the Industrial Upgrading Program. The results of the application of structural equation methods show the existence and significant and positive effects of specific human resource practices on strategic roles of middle managers. Participation in the decisions and team/group incentives are used by middle managers and influence all strategic roles of middle managers. However, pre-employment training is used towards middle managers, but it has no effect on all strategic roles of middle managers.

Human Resource Practices in the Non-Star Category Hotels in Kolkata

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1and2) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. R. Sandilyan ◽  
Sutheeshana Babu S.
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Minimum Wages ◽  
Human Resource Practices ◽  
Human Resource Managers ◽  
Large Pool ◽  
Resource Managers ◽  
Safety Work ◽  
The City

In this empirical study, the authors made an attempt to examine the challenges faced by the human resource managers and employees as well as the benefits extended to the employees in the non-star hotel segment in the city of Kolkata It was also endeavored to ascertain the standards maintained by these hotels specifically the hygiene, safety, work environment and to mandatory legal and regulatory compliances. The results show that while these hotels were profitable and enjoyed a healthy market, the human resource practices were unhealthy and discriminatory in nature. Employees were neither provided with minimum wages and benefits nor have the establishments shown any interest in adhering to the mandatory compliances. This could largely be attributed to predominance of largely unskilled or inadequately qualified employees and a large pool of outsourced manpower.

scholarly journals Establishing professional expectations in further education middle management: The human resource manager’s perspective

2020 ◽  
pp. 174114322095732
Author(s):  
Stephen Corbett
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource ◽  
Workforce Development ◽  
Middle Managers ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Human Resource Managers ◽  
Resource Managers ◽  
Generic Management ◽  
Dynamic Operating ◽  
Professional Expectations

The further education sector is a challenging working environment with expectations to deliver high-quality education against a backdrop of continuous policy and structural reforms. Further education managers play a key part in how further education institutions respond to this dynamic operating environment. However, despite the importance of this role there is an absence of an agreed set of professional expectations for further education middle managers. Sector bodies have commissioned research to address recruitment challenges and support workforce development, but this is often directed towards teachers. As a result, the credibility of further education teachers has increased markedly, which is welcomed. However, further education middle managers who are responsible for the management of teachers and operationalisation of organisational strategies have not benefited from comparable opportunities for professionalisation. In contrast, they suffer from a lack of support when assimilating into the role. This paper investigates the role of further education middle managers through the lens of those responsible for their recruitment and development, human resource managers. Through the administration of a national survey of human resource managers, drawing on quantitative and qualitative data, this paper establishes a new theoretical framework: four pillars of professional expectations for further education middle managers. Furthermore, it highlights the value in a contextualised approach, moving away from generic management standards.

Shaping emotional contagion in healthcare: the role of human resource practices and work harassment

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Xerri ◽  
Yvonne Brunetto ◽  
Benjamin Farr-Wharton ◽  
Ashley Cully
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Work Outcomes ◽  
Human Resource Practices ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Innovative Behaviour

PurposeThis research examines the extent to which emotional contagions are shaped by human resource practices (HRPs) and work harassment and the influence of this on employee well-being and innovative behaviour.Design/methodology/approachThe authors examined a structural equation model, including two waves of survey data from 240 healthcare professionals to explore the statistical associations between the tested variables.FindingsThe results do not show support for a significant relationship linking HRPs with work harassment. However, a significant positive effect linking HRPs, positive contagion, well-being and innovative behaviour was noted, in addition to a significant negative link from harassment on positive contagion, well-being and innovation behaviour.Originality/valueThe research highlights the limited role that HRPs (alone) play in mitigating harassment and their deleterious effects. Notwithstanding, HRPs can have a positive role in shaping the positive contagions and subsequent positive effects on employee and work outcomes.

Benefit flexibility and benefit satisfaction: does employee’s personality matter?

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Manuel de la Torre-Ruiz ◽  
Maria Dolores Vidal-Salazar ◽  
Eulogio Cordón-Pozo
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Human Resource Practices ◽  
Human Resource Managers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Resource Managers ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Although previous studies have analyzed the affective reaction of employees toward benefits, results remain inconclusive. The purpose of this paper is to pay specific attention to the flexibility of benefit systems and analyze whether the effect of this flexibility on employee’s benefit satisfaction is moderated by employees’ personality traits. Design/methodology/approach The data of this study have been collected from a sample of 874 employees working in Spanish firms, through survey. The data were analyzed using partial least squares modeling. Findings The results of this study show how self-efficacy has a negative moderating effect on the relation between benefit flexibility and benefit-level satisfaction. Similarly, the authors find a negative moderating effect of internal locus of control on the relationship between benefit flexibility and benefit determination satisfaction. Research limitations/implications Future studies should consider other personality traits that have an even stronger moderating effect. Practical implications This paper sheds some light on how the flexibility of benefit systems can be an effective source of satisfaction and what kind of employees can be more satisfied with them. For human resource managers, it is necessary to know how differently employees react to human resource practices in order to be able to effectively adjust these practices to the appropriate employees. Originality/value This work contributes to human resource literature by analyzing some personality traits that may condition the effectiveness of benefit systems. In this sense, it responds to recent calls asking for more studies aimed at analyzing the role of the employees on the effectiveness of human resource practices.

scholarly journals The views of HR practitioners on ethical issues within organisations: A South African perspective

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 413-428
Author(s):  
R Wordsworth ◽  
BJ Erasmus
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethical Behaviour ◽  
Human Resource Managers ◽  
Human Resource Professionals ◽  
Human Resource Department ◽  
Resource Managers ◽  
African Perspective

This article reports on the results of a survey conducted among human resource practitioners in South Africa regarding their involvement in and experience of business ethics and unethical behaviour in their organisations. The results of the study concur with the theoretical perception that human resource managers have an important role to play in the institutionalisation of good ethical behaviour in the organisation, with the majority of respondents reporting that the human resource department is a primary resource for ethical initiatives and that human resource professionals are involved in the formulation of ethics policies. The article provides some insights in terms of the role of the human resource managers in the management of ethics. In so doing, an attempt is made to address the question of whether human resource managers should be the drivers of ethics initiatives in the organisation.

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