An empirical study on strategic human resource management, organizational climate for innovation and R&D personnel innovation

Abstract

Abstract: This paper makes an empirical study of the relationship among strategic human resources management, organizational innovation climate and R&D personnel by means of a questionnaire. The study shows that in the Chinese organizational climate, focusing on performance, granting reasonable authority, conducting extensive training, promoting career development, participating in decision making and providing supporting wages and benefits, and other strategic human resource management practices in the organization will promote innovation of the R&D personnel by acting on the organizational climate, namely the above effects occurs through the mediation of organizational innovation climate. This paper has a certain guiding significance on how to organize and give a full play of the synergies of the human resource management elements, create a positive atmosphere and promote innovation of the technology professionals.

Key words: human resource management, organizational innovative climate, R&D personnel

CLC Number:

F270

Sun Rui. An empirical study on strategic human resource management, organizational climate for innovation and R&D personnel innovation[J]. Science Research Management, 2014, 35(8): 34-43.

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