High performance human resource practices and firm performance : the mediation effect of corporate entrepreneurship

Corporate entrepreneurship is one of the key factor that effects the growth and profitability of the organizations and it provides an advantage over the ongoing technological change and increasing global competition. Corporate entrepreneurship directly affects company performance with factors such as the adoption of a change-oriented structure, the development of products, processes and services. High performance human resource management helps to increase interior entrepreneurial behavior and organizational outcomes. When combined with the power of entrepreneurship, the high performance human resource management systems creates better organizational performance. In this study, the impact of specific high perfromance human resource practice on firm performance examined. In addition, the role of corporate entrprenurship between high perfromance human resource practice and firm performance analyzed. In addition to that, the moderator role of organization culture on the relation between high perfromance human resource practice and firm performance mediated by corporate entreprenurship investigated. In the present study, the accepted dimensions used because of literature survey. Extensive training, selective staffing, reward, performance appraisal, participation, clear job descpition, employer's employement commitment and internal mobility dimentions were adopted the measure the HPHRP. Corporate entrpreneurship calculated with the value of innovaion, new businees venturing, proactiveness and self-renewal dimentions. Data gathered from different industries in Turkey and total participation number was 199. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) used for data analysis. In addition to that, confimatory factor analysis conducted to confirm the result of exploratıry factor analysis. The reliability and validity tests conducted. The analysis of the proposed model done through covariances and the maximum-likelihood estimation method with using AMOS program. The help of hypothesis and mediation test compared the final model compared with the proposed one. In addition, moderation effect of organization culture examined in the relationship path between HPHRP and firm performance though the mediation effect of corporate entrepreneurship. Cross-cultural differences examined through path analysis and Z score test. As a result of path analysis, the medaition effect of corporate entrepreneurship between high performance human resource practice and fim performance confirmed. In addition to that, the results shows that hierarch and market culture moderates the proposed model through two different paths.