High-Performance Work System, Strategic Flexibility, and Organizational Performance—The Moderating Role of Social Networks

Based on the dynamic capability theory, this research investigated the effect of a high-performance work system on organizational performance, the mediating role of strategic flexibility, and the moderating role of an enterprise’s social network in this relationship. A total of 214 middle and senior...

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Published inFrontiers in psychology Vol. 12; p. 670132
Main Authors Wang, Yizhi, Cao, Yi, Xi, Nan, Chen, Huitian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Frontiers Media S.A 15.11.2021
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dynamic capability theory
high-performance work system
organizational performance
Psychology
social network
strategic flexibility
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Summary:Based on the dynamic capability theory, this research investigated the effect of a high-performance work system on organizational performance, the mediating role of strategic flexibility, and the moderating role of an enterprise’s social network in this relationship. A total of 214 middle and senior managers from 58 Chinese enterprises were invited to participate in this research. The results showed that the high-performance work system is positively correlated with organizational performance and such correlation is partially mediated by strategic flexibility. Results found that the social network of an enterprise negatively moderated the relationship between a high-performance work system and strategic flexibility. However, the social network did not moderate the mediating role of strategic flexibility in high-performance work systems (HPWS) and organizational performance.
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Reviewed by: Maria Gianni, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece; Radoslaw Michalski, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
This article was submitted to Organizational Psychology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology
Edited by: Felipe Hernández-Perlines, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
ISSN:1664-1078
1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.670132