Human Resource Practices, Organizational Outcomes, Employee Outcomes and Firm Performance

Abstract

This article explores the linkage that may exist in an organization between human resource management practices, employee outcomes, organization outcomes and the performance of organizations. Literature regarding these aspects is explored which sheds some light on some of the challenges of conducting such a study. It is concluded that though there is no set of universally accepted ‘best practices’ that organizations adopt, there are bundles of ‘best practices’ that successful firms tend to integrate in their organizational strategies. However, adoption of ‘best practices’ should be done in such a way that they fit into an organization, given that ‘best practices’ that may work for one firm may not apply in another firm because of contextual factors.