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The pursuit of HR outsourcing in an emerging economy: The effects of HRM strategy on HR labour costs

The study examines the relationships among six types of HRM strategies with three categories of outsourcing HR activities to reduce HR labour costs. The data were gathered from a survey questionnaire of 232 manufacturing organizations of which 113 organizations engaged with HR outsourcing. We found...

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Main Authors: Abdul-Halim, H., Che-Ha, N., Geare, A., Ramayah, T.
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Published: Wiley 2016
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Business
Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/17985/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cjas.1370
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spelling my.um.eprints.179852017-10-12T03:33:26Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/17985/ The pursuit of HR outsourcing in an emerging economy: The effects of HRM strategy on HR labour costs Abdul-Halim, H. Che-Ha, N. Geare, A. Ramayah, T. Business The study examines the relationships among six types of HRM strategies with three categories of outsourcing HR activities to reduce HR labour costs. The data were gathered from a survey questionnaire of 232 manufacturing organizations of which 113 organizations engaged with HR outsourcing. We found that no organization outsourced transformational HR functions and that organizations that espouse cost efficiency, commitment, and conventional HRM strategies tend to outsource traditional HR functions, whereas quality conscious and commitment HRM strategies tend to outsource transactional HR functions. Transactional and traditional HR functions show a significant relationship with a reduction in HR labour costs. Wiley 2016 Article PeerReviewed Abdul-Halim, H. and Che-Ha, N. and Geare, A. and Ramayah, T. (2016) The pursuit of HR outsourcing in an emerging economy: The effects of HRM strategy on HR labour costs. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, 33 (2). pp. 153-168. ISSN 0825-0383 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cjas.1370 doi:10.1002/cjas.1370
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topic Business
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Abdul-Halim, H.
Che-Ha, N.
Geare, A.
Ramayah, T.
The pursuit of HR outsourcing in an emerging economy: The effects of HRM strategy on HR labour costs
description The study examines the relationships among six types of HRM strategies with three categories of outsourcing HR activities to reduce HR labour costs. The data were gathered from a survey questionnaire of 232 manufacturing organizations of which 113 organizations engaged with HR outsourcing. We found that no organization outsourced transformational HR functions and that organizations that espouse cost efficiency, commitment, and conventional HRM strategies tend to outsource traditional HR functions, whereas quality conscious and commitment HRM strategies tend to outsource transactional HR functions. Transactional and traditional HR functions show a significant relationship with a reduction in HR labour costs.
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author Abdul-Halim, H.
Che-Ha, N.
Geare, A.
Ramayah, T.
author_facet Abdul-Halim, H.
Che-Ha, N.
Geare, A.
Ramayah, T.
author_sort Abdul-Halim, H.
title The pursuit of HR outsourcing in an emerging economy: The effects of HRM strategy on HR labour costs
title_short The pursuit of HR outsourcing in an emerging economy: The effects of HRM strategy on HR labour costs
title_full The pursuit of HR outsourcing in an emerging economy: The effects of HRM strategy on HR labour costs
title_fullStr The pursuit of HR outsourcing in an emerging economy: The effects of HRM strategy on HR labour costs
title_full_unstemmed The pursuit of HR outsourcing in an emerging economy: The effects of HRM strategy on HR labour costs
title_sort pursuit of hr outsourcing in an emerging economy: the effects of hrm strategy on hr labour costs
publisher Wiley
publishDate 2016
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/17985/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cjas.1370
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