标题：Mediation Effect of Employee Outcomes in the Relationship between Human Resource Management Practices and Performance of Firms Listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange
期刊名称：Journal of Emerging Trends in Economics and Management Sciences
电子版ISSN：2141-7024
出版年度：2015
卷号：6
期号：4
页码：237-244
出版社：Scholarlink Resource Centre
摘要：Much of the research demonstrating the link between Human Resource Management Practices (HRMP) and firmperformance has focused on the moderating roles of variables. The mediating role of employee outcomes in therelationship between HRMP and firm performance relationship has not been established using Nairobi SecuritiesExchange (NSE) listed firms, yet theory and empirical studies have demonstrated that employee outcomes mediatein the HRMP-firm performance relationship. This study was motivated by the desire to fill this gap in knowledge.The objective of the study was to determine whether the effect of HRMP on firm performance is mediated byemployee outcomes. The research design was cross sectional descriptive survey. Data was collected using a selfadministeredquestionnaire, from a population of 60 NSE listed firms. The response rate was 60%. Descriptivestatistics, correlation and regression techniques were used to analyze the data. The results of the study show astatistically significant relationship between HRMP and firm performance. The Baron and Kenny approach was usedto test for mediation. The results show that the relationship between HRMP and firm performance is not mediated byemployee outcomes. The finding that employee outcomes do not mediate in the relationship between HRMP andfirm performance was surprising. It was also contrary to expectation and even contrary to previous studies. Thestudy contributes to our understanding of the effect of employee outcomes in the HRMP- firm performance link ofNSE listed firms. It was recommended that firms have to ensure that they align employee outcomes with HRMPthat can enable them to attain and sustain a superior competitive advantage in their markets.
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