Islam va Pazhuheshhaye Modiriyati, Volume 1, Issue 3, No 3, Year 2012, Pages 145-163

    A Study of the Effect of High Performance Work Systems on Organization's Performance and a Review of Intermediary Role of Human Resources' Flexibility; a Case Study of a Number of the Businesses of Tehran, Zone Six

    Article Type: 
    Promotional
    Writers:
    Mustafa Fattahi / M.A. in industrial management, Shahid Beheshti University / Mo.fattahi@mail.sbu.ac.ir
    Sajid Goodarzi / M.A. in urban management, management department, Tehran University
    Mohammad Hossein Norozi / M.A. in technology management, 'Allamah Tabatabaii University / mh.nourozi@gmail.com
    145-163 2012/01/22 2012/06/21 2012/07/19
    Abstract: 
    In recent years, the subject of high performance work systems and their effect on other organizational variables like organization's performance and human resources' flexibility has been the special concern to researchers. With regard to the fact that no research has been done in this kind of work systems in our country, whether at individual level or organizational level; the present paper tries to study the effect of applying high performance work systems on the promotion of organizational performance and review the intermediary role of human resources' flexibility in this regard. The research uses a descriptive and correlational method. The statistical population includes a number of the businesses of Tehran, zone six, which were selected randomly. The research findings show that there is a significant positive relationship between high performance work systems and human resources' flexibility, and this flexibility has an intermediary role in the relation between high performance work systems and organizational performance. The last part offers, some suggestions which are useful for later research.
    Keywords: 
    work systems
    organizational performance
    flexibility
    human resources.
    چکیده و کلیدواژه فارسی (Persian)
    Title :سازمان و مطالعه تأثیر نظام‌های کاری با عملکرد بالا بر عملکرد آن و بررسی نقش میانجی انعطاف‌پذیری منابع انسانی
    Abstract: 
    در سال های اخیر، نظام های کاری با عملکرد بالا و تأثیر آن بر سایر متغیرهای سازمانی، همچون عملکرد سازمان و انعطاف پذیری منابع انسانی مورد توجه بسیاری از پژوهشگران قرار گرفته است. تا کنون در این زمینه پژوهش میدانی در سطح فردی و یا سازمانی انجام نشده است. این پژوهش به مطالعه‌ی تأثیر به کارگیری نظام های کاری با عملکرد بالا بر افزایش عملکرد سازمانی و همچنین بررسی نقش میانجی انعطاف پذیری منابع انسانی در این ارتباط می پردازد. روش تحقیق توصیفی و از نوع همبستگی است. جامعه‌ی آماری، شرکت های تجاری مستقر در منطقه‌ی 6 تهران بوده که به صورت تصادفی، 51 شرکت به عنوان نمونه انتخاب شده اند. نتایج نشان داده است که بین نظام های کاری با عملکرد بالا و انعطاف پذیری منابع انسانی با عملکرد بالا رابطه‌ی مثبت معناداری وجود دارد. همچنین مشخص شده است که انعطاف پذیری منابع انسانی نقش میانجی­گر رابطه‌ی بین HPWS و عملکرد را ایفا می کند. در پایان، بر مبنای این یافته ها، پیشنهاداتی برای پژوهش های آتی ارائه شده است.
    Keywords: 
    نظام‌های کاری
    عملکرد سازمانی
    انعطاف‌پذیری
    منابع انسانی
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    Fattahi, M, Goodarzi, S, Norozi, M. A Study of the Effect of High Performance Work Systems on Organization's Performance and a Review of Intermediary Role of Human Resources' Flexibility; a Case Study of a Number of the Businesses of Tehran, Zone Six. Islam va Pazhuheshhaye Modiriyati, 2012; 1(3): 145-163