Un análisis empírico de las competencias directivas necesarias en la identificación de los empleados clave

  1. Natalia García-Carbonell 1
  2. Fernando Martín-Alcázar 1
  3. Gonzalo Sánchez-Gardey 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Cádiz
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    Universidad de Cádiz

    Cádiz, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04mxxkb11

Revista:
Management Letters / Cuadernos de Gestión

ISSN: 1131-6837

Any de publicació: 2016

Volum: 16

Número: 1

Pàgines: 109-124

Tipus: Article

DOI: 10.5295/CDG.140463NG DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openADDI editor

Altres publicacions en: Management Letters / Cuadernos de Gestión

Resum

The current study empirically analyses the influence of top management team human capital attributes on one of the most relevant stages in the human resource management strategy formulation: the core employees' identification. Drawing on recent calls from the strategic human resource management literature, this study proposes a "process" perspective instead of the traditional "content" analysis, with the intention of going a step further on the internal dynamic of these strategic processes. Applying the structural equation modeling via Partial Least Square (PLS) on a sample of 120 Spanish firms, results reveal that critical human resources identification processes demand mixed cognitive skills, rational and creative ones, in order to complete efficiently different steps of the process. Consequently, to reach a balanced combination of previous skills, collectivistic dynamics are needed, fostering cooperative and collaborative decision making processes. In this context, HR managers will participate improving the process with his/her expert power and developing technical HR activities; subsequently, the HR information will be integrated the strategic decision making process with the rest of the team. In addition, interesting professional implications arise from the study in relation to the presence of the cognitive diversity in top management teams.

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El trabajo de investigación descrito en este artículo se ha desarrollado en el marco del grupo de investigación SEJ-449 por la Junta de Andalucía (Plan Andaluz de I+D+I 2007-2013) y del Proyecto ECO2011-26982, financiado por el Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (Subprograma de Proyectos de Investigación Fundamental no orientada)

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