The Cross-Country Generalizability of High-Performance Work Practices and Interactions of Internal Promotions with Organizational Capital and Innovation Strategy on Market, Operational, and Financial Performance

Authors

  • Richard Posthuma Mike Loya Distinguished Chair in Business Administration College of Business Administration University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, Texas 79968
  • Gabriela Flores Southwestern University 1001 E. University Avenue Georgetown, Texas 78626
  • XiaoHui Wang Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275, China 86-20 84110470 (China)
  • Ying Zhu Australian Center for Asian Business University of South Australia Adelaide, South Australia
  • Marisa Aguirre Profesora Ordinaria del Área de Gobierno de Personas Escuela de Direcciόn Universidad de Piura Aldebarán 160, Surco, Lima 33, Perú
  • Frederik Anseel University of Ghent Henri Dunantlaan 2 9000 Gent, Belgium 09 264 64 58 (Belgium)
  • Paula Apascaritei IESE Business School University of Navarra Camino del Cerro del Aguila, 3 Madrid, Spain 28023 91.211.31.38 (Spain)
  • Michael A. Campion Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana
  • Rodrigo Costamagna INALDE Business School Universidad de la Sabana Bogotá, Colombia (571) 861 4444 (Argentina)
  • Pieter Grobler University of South Africa Pretoria 0003 Republic of South Africa 012 429 3966 (South Africa)
  • Gaurav Gupta University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, North Carolina 910-962-2798 (India)
  • Ana Heloisa da Costa Lemos Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro Departamento de Administração. Rua Marques de São Vicente, 225 - Predio IAG Gávea 22453-200 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil
  • Sandra Idrovo Carlier INALDE Business School University of Sabana Bogotá, Colombia (571) 861 4444 (Colombia)
  • Robert Kok Radboud University Faculty of Management Thomas van Aquinostraat 3.1.03 Nijmegen, Netherlands + 31 24 361-19 22 (Netherlands)
  • Stefan Kemmer Universität Regensburg Universitätsstraße 31 Regensburg, Germany
  • Valentina Kuskova Higher School of Economics 33/5 Kirpichnaya Street, Office 819 Moscow, Russia 105187
  • Raúl Lagormarsino ESE Business School Universidad d Av. Plaza 1905 - San Carlos de Apoquindo Las Condes - Santiago Chile 56 2 2 618 1540 Santiago, Chile
  • Julia Levashina College of Business Administration Kent State University Kent, Ohio, 44242 330-672-1144 (Russian Federation)
  • Paul Ligthart College of Business Administration Radboud University Thomas van Aquinostraat 3 6500 HK Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • Lorenzo Lucianetti University of Chieti and Pescara Viale Pindaro 42 - 65127 Pescara, Italy
  • Troy Mumford College of Business Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado 80523
  • Lam D. Nguyen Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg
  • Jose Ramón Pin Arboledas IESE Business School University of Navarra Camino del Cerro del Aguila, 3 Madrid, Spain 28023
  • Franziska M. Renz College of Business Administration University of Texas at El Paso
  • Erik Poutsma Institute for Management Research Radboud University Thomas van Aquinostraat 3.1.03 Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • Antonio Sancho IPADE Business School Universidad Panamericana Floresta No. 20 Col. Clavería, Del. Azcapotzalco CP 02080 55 5344 1880 Mexico City, Mexico
  • Maura Sheehan J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
  • Roel Schouteten Radboud University (Netherlands)
  • Thomas Steger Universität Regensburg Universitätsstraße 31 Regensburg, Germany 93053
  • Esperanza Suarez Ruz University of Navarra (Spain)
  • Lourdes Susaeta Erburu University of Navarra Departamento de Dirección de Personas en las Organizaciones Camino del Cerro del Águila 3 Madrid, Spain 28023 912113164 (Spain)
  • Lien Vossaert University of Ghent Henri Dunantlaan 2 9000 Gent, Belgium

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63002/assm.303.957

Keywords:

High Performance Work Practices, Measure, Cross-Cultural

Abstract

High Performance Work Practices (HPWPs) research lacks a consistent measure with good psychometric properties impeding the growth and accumulation of knowledge. This study provides empirical support for a reliable, multi-dimensional, cross-culturally generalizable, and valid measure of HPWPs. The Ability, Motivation, and Opportunity (AMO) framework provided a theoretical foundation (Appelbaum, Bailey, Berg, & Kalleberg, 2000).  This new measure maps onto each of the three dimensions of the AMO framework. Data from multiple managers working for companies in 18 different countries (N = 3,289) showed cross-cultural measurement equivalence and other good measurement properties. Validity was demonstrated by focusing on one understudied practice, Internal Promotions, showing that it generally has a positive impact on organizational performance. However, in organizations with higher Organizational Capital, or those organizations using an Innovation Strategy, Internal Promotions impaired organizational performance, thereby confirming theory based hypotheses derived from the Peter Principle. This demonstrated how the measurement of distinct practices can be used as a basis for studying intriguing questions about HPWPs.

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Published

21-05-2025

How to Cite

Posthuma, R., Flores, G., Wang, X., Zhu, Y., Aguirre, M., Anseel, F., Apascaritei, P., Campion, M. A., Costamagna, R., Grobler, P., Gupta, G., da Costa Lemos, A. H., Carlier, S. I., Kok, R., Kemmer, S., Kuskova, V., Lagormarsino, R., Levashina, J., Ligthart, P., Lucianetti, L., Mumford, T., Nguyen, L. D., Arboledas, J. R. P., Renz, F. M., Poutsma, E., Sancho, A., Sheehan, M., Schouteten, R., Steger, T., Ruz, E. S., Erburu, L. S., & Vossaert, L. (2025). The Cross-Country Generalizability of High-Performance Work Practices and Interactions of Internal Promotions with Organizational Capital and Innovation Strategy on Market, Operational, and Financial Performance. Advances in Social Sciences and Management, 3(03), 63–81. https://doi.org/10.63002/assm.303.957