HRM and its effect on employee, organizational and financial outcomes in health care organizations
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HRM and its effect on employee, organizational and financial outcomes in health care organizations Brenda Vermeeren1*, Bram Steijn1, Lars Tummers1, Marcel Lankhaar2, Robbert-Jan Poerstamper2 and Sandra van Beek3
Abstract Background: One of the main goals of Human Resource Management (HRM) is to increase the performance of organizations. However, few studies have explicitly addressed the multidimensional character of performance and linked HR practices to various outcome dimensions. This study therefore adds to the literature by relating HR practices to three outcome dimensions: financial, organizational and employee (HR) outcomes. Furthermore, we will analyze how HR practices influence these outcome dimensions, focusing on the mediating role of job satisfaction. Methods: This study uses a unique dataset, based on the ‘ActiZ Benchmark in Healthcare’, a benchmark study conducted in Dutch home care, nursing care and care homes. Data from autumn 2010 to autumn 2011 were analyzed. In total, 162 organizations participated during this period (approximately 35% of all Dutch care organizations). Employee data were collected using a questionnaire (61,061 individuals, response rate 42%). Clients were surveyed using the Client Quality Index for long-term care, via stratified sampling. Financial outcomes were collected using annual reports. SEM analyses were conducted to test the hypotheses. Results: It was found that HR practices are - directly or indirectly - linked to all three outcomes. The use of HR practices is related to improved financial outcomes (measure: net margin), organizational outcomes (measure: client satisfaction) and HR outcomes (measure: sickness absence). The impact of HR practices on HR outcomes and organizational outcomes proved substantially larger than their impact on financial outcomes. Furthermore, with respect to HR and organizational outcomes, the hypotheses concerning the full mediating effect of job satisfaction are confirmed. This is in line with the view that employee attitudes are an important element in the ‘black box’ between HRM and performance. Conclusion: The results underscore the importance of HRM in the health care sector, especially for HR and organizational outcomes. Further analyses of HRM in the health care sector will prove to be a productive endeavor for both scholars and HR managers. Keywords: HRM, Health care, Job satisfaction, Financial outcome, Organizational outcome, Employee outcome, Net margin, Client satisfaction, Sick absenteeism
Background One of the main goals of Human Resource Management (HRM) is to increase the performance of organizations [1]. Pfeffer [2] emphasized the importance of gaining competitive advantage through employees and noted the importance of several Human Resource (HR) practices * Correspondence: [email protected] 1 Erasmus University Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands Full list of author information is available at the end of the article
necessary to obtain this advantage. Huselid [3] stressed the use
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