Year: 2002
Type: article
Abstract: This study explores the extent to which Australian exporting firms linked their human resource (HR.)practices with their organisational structures in the early stage of imemationalisation.We propose that the export intensity of Australian manufacturing firms is predicted by strategic HRM, human-capital-enhancing HR practices.degree of knowledge retemion, and decentralisation of decision-making processes.There are two major findings.First, there is a strong level of intercorrelation between the HP-M variables.while export intensity is correlated with selective staffing HR practices.Second, the regression analysis shows that the adoption of selective staffing together with the decentralisation in decision-making predicts export intensity.The result implies that as the level of export intensity increases.Australian firms adopt selective staffing practices to -enhance the human stock required to engage in internationalisation. Decision-making is decentralised to line managers to allow them to deal with strategic and operational issues resulting from increasing intemaiionalisation..
Authors: John Rodwell, Stephen Teo
Language: English
Subfield: Strategy and Management
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2202758041