Human resource management practices and innovation work behaviour: empirical evidences of the Malaysian manufacturing company
Abstract
The purpose of conducting this study to explore the significant influence of Human
Resources Management Practices (HRMP) on Innovation Work Behaviour (IWB). In this
research there are four HRMP functions such compensation system, training and
development (T&D), information sharing and supervisory support. This research is carried
out by using a quantitative method through the distribution of questionnaires. Convenience
sampling has been utilised in this research. The population of this study are employees of a
manufacturing company located in the Northern Region of Malaysia, and the number of
respondents who answered the questionnaire are 310. Data collected were classified, coded
and then presented using SPSS. Based on the descriptive analyses, it is confirmed that the
employees in this manufacturing company have high mean of rate for all variables:
supervisory support (μ=4.80), information sharing (μ=4.79), compensation system
(μ=4.76), Training and Development (μ=4.72) and IWB (μ=4.70). The result for correlation
analyses presented that there is a strong influence of Training and Development (r=0.851);
compensation system (r=0.621); information sharing (r=0.558); and supervisory support
(r=0.532) towards employee’ IWB. Next, the accepted hypotheses are related to the
influence of compensation system (β=0.147, p=0.003) and T&D (β=0.750, p=0.000) towards
employees’ IWB. The implication presented that by providing a fair compensation system
and introducing an appropriate T&D program, the company can increase the level of
employees’ IWB. Given that, this study delivers an extensive knowledge on the influences of
compensation system, T&D, information sharing and supervisory support on employees’
IWB.