Title: Influencing innovativeness of enterprises by selected HRM practices

Authors: Aneta Karasek

Addresses: Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland

Abstract: Enterprises can influence and shape the behaviour of individuals in order to boost the innovativeness of the enterprise by applying HRM practices. The objective of the study is to identify relations between the application of a coherent bundle of HRM practices and internal sources of innovation, effectiveness of the individual phases of the innovative process, and the novelty scale of the innovation. The study was conducted among 92 innovative enterprises in Poland. The study is based upon an original bundle of HRM practices in six HRM areas significant for an innovative enterprise. The results show that there are relationships between the bundle of HRM practices and the innovativeness of an enterprise viewed in three aspects. Therefore, this article contributes to theory by original complementary approach to HRM practices and innovativeness of the enterprises. Analysis of the study resulted in a broad set of managerial implications of usage of HRM practices.

Keywords: innovativeness; HRM practices; innovative enterprise; employee behaviour; Polish enterprises; innovation; internal sources of innovation; effectiveness of the innovation process; novelty of innovation; knowledge management; organisational learning; value creation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIL.2020.108465

International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 2020 Vol.28 No.1, pp.98 - 118

Received: 13 Dec 2018
Accepted: 11 Apr 2019
Published online: 14 Jul 2020 *

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