Enhancing Chinese SME performance through innovative HR practices Zheng, Connie, O'Neill, Grant and Morrison, Mark 2009, Enhancing Chinese SME performance through innovative HR practices, Personnel review, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 175-194, doi: 10.1108/00483480910931334. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads zheng-enhancingchinese-post-2009.pdf Author post print application/pdf 558.04KB 2549 Title Enhancing Chinese SME performance through innovative HR practices Author(s) Zheng, Connie orcid.org/0000-0001-6152-1115 O'Neill, Grant Morrison, Mark Journal name Personnel review Volume number 38 Issue number 2 Start page 175 End page 194 Total pages 20 Publisher Emerald Place of publication Bingley, England Publication date 2009 ISSN 0048-3486 1758-6933 Keyword(s) business performance China human resource management innovation small to medium-sized enterprises Summary Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how understanding of human resource (HR) management practices which have been adopted in the emerging markets such as that in China is particularly interesting to academia and management practitioners. The purpose of this study is to shed some light on the implementation of innovative HR practices among 74 Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and to explain how the HR practices influence their firm performance. Design/methodology/approach – Cluster analysis is used to group Chinese SMEs according to their adoption of innovative human resource (HR) practices and examine how the practices are associated with HR outcomes and firm performance. Findings – It is found that the membership of clusters is influenced by several factors, including ownership, age and size of firms. These characteristics have influenced the motivation, capacity and ability of firms in the sample to adopt high performance human resource practices. The extent to which firms have adopted innovative human resource practices is shown to be closely associated with human resource outcomes and firm performance. Originality/value – The key implication is that SMEs, especially those rapidly developing domestic and collectively owned small firms, as well as those state-owned enterprises in China, may see clearly the benefits of devoting greater attention to HR practices to achieve their future growth potential. Notes Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner. The final published version is available from the journal homepage www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1770532&show=abstract Language eng DOI 10.1108/00483480910931334 Field of Research 150305 Human Resources Management Socio Economic Objective 910402 Management HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2009, Emerald Group Publishing Limited Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30032766 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Business and Law Deakin Business School Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 16 Feb 2011, 12:52:19 EST Mon, 21 Feb 2011, 08:26:11 EST Mon, 21 Feb 2011, 08:27:25 EST Mon, 28 Feb 2011, 13:21:24 EST Tue, 21 Feb 2012, 14:26:44 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 17:22:46 EST Thu, 11 Dec 2014, 16:54:55 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 10:47:01 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 15:16:26 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 44 times in TR Web of Science Cited 74 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1132 Abstract Views, 2556 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 16 Feb 2011, 12:52:19 EST