Employee human resource management values: validation of a new concept and scale
PurposeAlthough human resource management (HRM) practices all seek to support and improve organizational functioning, the value ascribed to various HRM practices differs greatly among employees. Drawing on an exhaustive measure of HRM practices, this study proposed a new conceptualization and measur...
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| author | Sophie Drouin-Rousseau Claude Fernet Stéphanie Austin Bruno Fabi Alexandre J. S. Morin |
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| description | PurposeAlthough human resource management (HRM) practices all seek to support and improve organizational functioning, the value ascribed to various HRM practices differs greatly among employees. Drawing on an exhaustive measure of HRM practices, this study proposed a new conceptualization and measure of HRM values, the HRM Values Scale (HRM-VS).Design/methodology/approachTo examine the psychometric properties of scores obtained on this new measure, we rely on a sample of 979 employees occupying a variety of jobs within various private and public organizations.FindingsThrough the comparison of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) solutions, our results supported a nine-factor structure of participants’ responses to the HRM-VS and the measurement invariance of this solution across male and female employees. Specifically, they support that the HRM-VS items adequately capture core HRM values underlying independent HRM practices. Criterion-related validity was evidenced with respect to employees’ ratings of intrinsic and extrinsic job satisfaction.Research implicationsThe HRM-VS appears to represent a promising tool for research and intervention seeking to account for individual differences in the relative importance of various HRM practices, in order to devise more effective HRM systems.Practical implicationsThis new concise but complete measure could help better guide organizations in tailoring their strategic HRM.Originality/valueThis study introduces HRM values as a valid concept that characterizes what employees desire or consider to be important in relation to HRM practices. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bd571093fd5a4d03bf5c623d65c3b40f2023-05-05T04:38:37ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-05-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.10496571049657Employee human resource management values: validation of a new concept and scaleSophie Drouin-Rousseau0Claude Fernet1Stéphanie Austin2Bruno Fabi3Alexandre J. S. Morin4Département de Psychologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, CanadaDépartement de Gestion des Ressources Humaines, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, CanadaDépartement de Gestion des Ressources Humaines, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, CanadaDépartement de Gestion des Ressources Humaines, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, CanadaSubstantive-Methodological Synergy Research Laboratory, Département de Psychologie, Université Concordia, Montreal, QC, CanadaPurposeAlthough human resource management (HRM) practices all seek to support and improve organizational functioning, the value ascribed to various HRM practices differs greatly among employees. Drawing on an exhaustive measure of HRM practices, this study proposed a new conceptualization and measure of HRM values, the HRM Values Scale (HRM-VS).Design/methodology/approachTo examine the psychometric properties of scores obtained on this new measure, we rely on a sample of 979 employees occupying a variety of jobs within various private and public organizations.FindingsThrough the comparison of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) solutions, our results supported a nine-factor structure of participants’ responses to the HRM-VS and the measurement invariance of this solution across male and female employees. Specifically, they support that the HRM-VS items adequately capture core HRM values underlying independent HRM practices. Criterion-related validity was evidenced with respect to employees’ ratings of intrinsic and extrinsic job satisfaction.Research implicationsThe HRM-VS appears to represent a promising tool for research and intervention seeking to account for individual differences in the relative importance of various HRM practices, in order to devise more effective HRM systems.Practical implicationsThis new concise but complete measure could help better guide organizations in tailoring their strategic HRM.Originality/valueThis study introduces HRM values as a valid concept that characterizes what employees desire or consider to be important in relation to HRM practices.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1049657/fullHRM valuesHRM practicesmeasurementexploratory structural equation modelingscale validation |
| spellingShingle | Sophie Drouin-Rousseau Claude Fernet Stéphanie Austin Bruno Fabi Alexandre J. S. Morin Employee human resource management values: validation of a new concept and scale Frontiers in Psychology HRM values HRM practices measurement exploratory structural equation modeling scale validation |
| title | Employee human resource management values: validation of a new concept and scale |
| title_full | Employee human resource management values: validation of a new concept and scale |
| title_fullStr | Employee human resource management values: validation of a new concept and scale |
| title_full_unstemmed | Employee human resource management values: validation of a new concept and scale |
| title_short | Employee human resource management values: validation of a new concept and scale |
| title_sort | employee human resource management values validation of a new concept and scale |
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