Author(s): Canha, Raquel Sofia Sebastião
Date: 2015
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/15484
Origin: Repositório Institucional da UNL
Subject(s): High-performance work systems; Developmental job experiences of fit and pressure; Engagement; Exhaustion; Performance; Turnover intention; Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
In the competitive landscape of the 21st century, effectively managing human capital in firms is considered to be a potential source of sustainable performance. Therefore, in this study, we tested the influence of high-performance work systems, as a talent management tool, on employees’ experience of developmental jobs. Then, we tested the mediating effect of such experiences on employees’ engagement, exhaustion, performance and turnover intention. With a sample of 254 employees of a diversity of companies and sectors of activity, our findings demonstrated that high-performance practices increase engagement, via the promotion of developmental experiences of fit, which improves performance and decreases turnover intention. Besides, those practices do not control for the pressure dimension of the developmental job experiences that increases exhaustion and turnover intention despite not worsening performance.
