TY  - JOUR
T1  - Human Capital-Demographic Diversity in the Relationship Between HRM Practices and Firm Performance: The Spanish Case
AU - Pena-Vinces, Jesus C. AU - Triguero-Sanchez, Rafael AU - Guillen, Jorge AU - Sanchez-Apellaniz, Mercedes 
JO  - International Business Management
VL  - 10
IS  - 3
SP  - 277
EP  - 291
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5250
DO  - ibm.2016.277.291
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2016.277.291
KW  - Demographic diversity
KW  -HRM practices
KW  -non-linear models
KW  -organizational performance
KW  -Spanish firms
AB  - The purpose of this research is to analyze the moderating effect that the demographic diversity of employees may have on the relationship between HRM practices and business performance. Using a sample of more than one hundred Spanish companies, we carried out a factor analysis principal axis factoring with varimax rotation on the identified HRM practices and perceived organizational performance as factors with good factor loadings, consistent with the proposed model. Our findings indicate that the demographic diversity of employees, such as “age” and “gender”, conditions the effects of HRM practices on organizational performance. This research contributes to meeting the demand for studies including moderating variables between HR policies and practices and business performance. The literature pays little attention to non-linear models. Examining the factors determining demographic diversity sheds more light on the black box of the relationship between human practices and organizational performance. This study used a cross-sectional sample which limits the conclusions regarding the findings.
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