Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Master of management, Shahid Chamran university of Ahvaz

Abstract

Capable human resourceisan important source ofin organizations, and organizations need efficient human resoures to acliveve their golas. Due to the increasing rate of dynamism in competitive environments it isrecommended that measures of employee adaptability be included as a mechanism that may be relevanct of HCM to firm competitiveness. The present study attempts to explore the impact of High Commitment human resource management on competitive advantage and human resource flexibility with the moderating role of the dynamics of the environment. This is a descriptive study of the practical purpose. The target population included 540 managers of manufacturing companies and polymeric materials and chemical products in Khuzestan province, which is the sample size  of 226 persons for the study. On a sample of 100 Productive firms, the study’s results confirm that HCM influences Competitive Advantage through its impact on the firm’s human resource (HR) flexibility. Moderating role of environmental dynamism was not approved in the relationship between human resource flexibility and competitive advantage in Productive Firms.

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