The influence of human resources management practices (HRM) on innovation in service organization

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the influence of HRM practices on innovation in Jordanian service sector, in particular the hotel industry. An electronic questionnaire was sent to 234 managerial staff in Jordanian hotels working in various departments. Self-reported measures on HRM Pr...

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Main Authors: Melhem, Shaker Jamal, Mat, Norsiah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/12294/1/2509140237.pdf
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description The purpose of this paper was to investigate the influence of HRM practices on innovation in Jordanian service sector, in particular the hotel industry. An electronic questionnaire was sent to 234 managerial staff in Jordanian hotels working in various departments. Self-reported measures on HRM Practices (Training & development and performance appraisal) and innovation (process and organizational) constructs, adopted from previous research were used. Exploratory factor analysis and regression analysis were used for data analysis. The study found that the level of innovativeness among 4 and 5 stars hotels in Jordan were moderate. The hypotheses of the present study received full support when HRM practices (Training & development and performance appraisal) were shown to significantly influence innovation (both process and organizational) and has an important influence to service innovation in hotel sector and much remains to be studied in service innovation area.
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spelling uum-122942016-04-18T02:39:18Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/12294/ The influence of human resources management practices (HRM) on innovation in service organization Melhem, Shaker Jamal Mat, Norsiah HD28 Management. Industrial Management The purpose of this paper was to investigate the influence of HRM practices on innovation in Jordanian service sector, in particular the hotel industry. An electronic questionnaire was sent to 234 managerial staff in Jordanian hotels working in various departments. Self-reported measures on HRM Practices (Training & development and performance appraisal) and innovation (process and organizational) constructs, adopted from previous research were used. Exploratory factor analysis and regression analysis were used for data analysis. The study found that the level of innovativeness among 4 and 5 stars hotels in Jordan were moderate. The hypotheses of the present study received full support when HRM practices (Training & development and performance appraisal) were shown to significantly influence innovation (both process and organizational) and has an important influence to service innovation in hotel sector and much remains to be studied in service innovation area. 2014 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/12294/1/2509140237.pdf Melhem, Shaker Jamal and Mat, Norsiah (2014) The influence of human resources management practices (HRM) on innovation in service organization. In: 5th International Conference on Business and Economic Research (5TH ICBER 2014), 24 -25 March 2014, Pullman Hotel, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. http:// www.internationalconference.com.my
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title_short The influence of human resources management practices (HRM) on innovation in service organization
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