Title: Analysing the relationship between organisational strategies and effectiveness of human capital management practices

Authors: Hadi Teimouri; Kouroush Jenab; Kim LaFevor

Addresses: Faculty of Management Department, University of Isfahan, HezarJerib. St., 81746-73441, Isfahan, Iran ' Faculty of Department of Engineering and Technology Management, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY, 40351, USA ' College of Business, Athens State University, 300 N. Beaty Street, Athens, Alabama 35611, USA

Abstract: There has been a growing interest among scholars in organisational capitals in recent years. Using the field-descriptive method, this study reports a model for comparative analysis of challenges of organisational strategies in two private and public sectors of Iran's petrochemical industry and its impact on effectiveness of human capitals management practices. Historical study method was used to collect theoretical subjects and field study method was applied to answer to research questions and confirm or reject research hypotheses. There exists a significant difference between effectiveness level of human capitals management practices in areas of organisational strategies in two private and public sectors of petrochemical industry. Analysing the impact of existing challenges of organisational strategies on effectiveness of human capitals management practices shows the reversed relation among the existing challenges of organisational strategies and effectiveness of human capitals management practices in this regard. These results offer implications for future human capital practices inclusive of a proposed comprehensive model of Human Capital Management Strategy as a systemic remedy.

Keywords: human capitals management; organisational strategies; organisational challenges; effectiveness.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2018.095642

International Journal of Business Excellence, 2018 Vol.16 No.3, pp.304 - 323

Received: 03 Dec 2016
Accepted: 03 Sep 2017
Published online: 16 Oct 2018 *

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