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. 2023 May 5:14:1049657.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1049657. eCollection 2023.

Employee human resource management values: validation of a new concept and scale

Sophie Drouin-Rousseau  1 , Claude Fernet  2 , Stéphanie Austin  2 , Bruno Fabi  2 , Alexandre J S Morin  3
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Employee human resource management values: validation of a new concept and scale

Sophie Drouin-Rousseau et al. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

Purpose: Although human resource management (HRM) practices all seek to support and improve organizational functioning, the value ascribed to various HRM practices differs greatly among employees. Drawing on an exhaustive measure of HRM practices, this study proposed a new conceptualization and measure of HRM values, the HRM Values Scale (HRM-VS).

Design/methodology/approach: To examine the psychometric properties of scores obtained on this new measure, we rely on a sample of 979 employees occupying a variety of jobs within various private and public organizations.

Findings: Through the comparison of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) solutions, our results supported a nine-factor structure of participants' responses to the HRM-VS and the measurement invariance of this solution across male and female employees. Specifically, they support that the HRM-VS items adequately capture core HRM values underlying independent HRM practices. Criterion-related validity was evidenced with respect to employees' ratings of intrinsic and extrinsic job satisfaction.

Research implications: The HRM-VS appears to represent a promising tool for research and intervention seeking to account for individual differences in the relative importance of various HRM practices, in order to devise more effective HRM systems.

Practical implications: This new concise but complete measure could help better guide organizations in tailoring their strategic HRM.

Originality/value: This study introduces HRM values as a valid concept that characterizes what employees desire or consider to be important in relation to HRM practices.

Keywords: HRM practices; HRM values; exploratory structural equation modeling; measurement; scale validation.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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