Exploring e-hrm as an antecedent to absorptive capacity: further exploration and explanation of moderating and mediating effects.
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Sammendrag
The present study investigates operational-, relational- and transformational- e-
HRM practices as potential antecedents of Potential and Realized Absorptive
Capacity. The potential moderating and mediating effects of psychological safety
and Interdepartmental Connectedness are also investigated. Results are based on a
quantitative study of 90 HR professionals from a wide variety of fields in Norway.
Our findings suggests that e-HRM used for operational-, relational- and
transformational purposes are all positively related to either both or one of the two
dimensions of Realized Absorptive Capacity. Further, Interdepartmental
Connectedness does, in some conditions, have a moderating effect on the
relationship between transformational e-HRM and Realized Absorptive Capacity
Transformational. Psychological safety is also found to show significant mediating
effects on two relationships, including: the relationship between relational e-HRM
and Realized Absorptive Capacity, and the relationship between transformational
e-HRM and Realized Absorptive Capacity. Practical implications and limitations
of the study are discussed.
Key words: e-HRM, Absorptive Capacity, psychological safety, Interdepartmental
Connectedness, knowledge sharing, innovation
Beskrivelse
Masteroppgave(MSc) in Master of Science in Leadership and Organizational Psychology - Handelshøyskolen BI, 2019