The “HR–line-connecting HRM system” and its effects on employee turnover
Sunghoon Kim, Zhong-Xing Su, Patrick M. Wright
Human Resource Management · 2018 · Volume 57 · Issue 5
Abstract
Although the importance of positive, trusting, and cooperative relations between HR professionals and line managers has been well documented, little is known about how organizations can systematically nurture such relationships. This article specifies the “HR–line-connecting HRM system,” which consists of a bundle of HRM practices designed to improve the relationship between HR and line managers. Drawing on the social capital perspective and HR strength theory, we propose that such HRM practices develop HR managers' social networks with line managers and facilitate the formation of a shared language between them, which should in turn result in low employee turnover. Our theory is generally supported by empirical analyses on data from Chinese high-tech firms.
Keywords
HR–line-connecting HRM system, shared language, social capital, social network, strategic HRM
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