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| Author: | Cabello-Medina, C. López-Cabrales, Á. Valle-Cabrera, R. |
| Title: | Leveraging the innovative performance of human capital through HRM and social capital in Spanish firms |
| Journal: | International journal of human resource management
2011 : FEB-MAR, VOL 22:4-6 p. 807-828 |
| Index terms: | performance measurement human capital human resource management innovation Spain r&d |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper studies (1) the direct relationship between social and human capital and innovative performance, (2) the links between these two components of intellectual capital, as well as the possible mediating role of human capital, (3) the effect of particular human resource management practices on social and human capital, and (4) the influence of innovative performance on firm performance. In this study a sample of firms in the most innovative Spanish sectors is defined for an empirical test of this model, focusing on their R&D departments. It is found that the uniqueness of human capital - not its value - which has a direct and positive effect on firm innovativeness. According to the findings, innovation then improves firm performance. |
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