How the human resource (HR) function adds strategic value: A relational perspective of the HR function

Jo, Jinhwan; Chadwick, Clint; Han, Joo Hun

doi:10.1002/hrm.22184

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How the human resource (HR) function adds strategic value: A relational perspective of the HR function

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Jo, Jinhwan, Chadwick, Clint, Han, Joo Hun·2024·Human Resource Management

DOI 10.1002/hrm.22184

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In the present article, we propose the concept of the HR function's relational activities and examine its influence on the firm's human capital resources (HCRs) and performance. Integrating insights from various streams of research in strategic human resource management (HRM) and strategic human capital, we develop a relational perspective of the HR function and propose the relational activities as the HR function's advisory and informative activities toward its internal stakeholders (i.e., line managers, employees, and senior managers) to help the stakeholders meet their goals and needs. In our framework, we theorize how the HR function's relational activities lead to superior firm performance by enhancing the firm's HCRs and identify the firm's strategic HR systems and human capital losses as factors that complement and necessitate the HR function's relational activities, respectively. Using a five‐wave, nationally representative panel dataset covering 1415 firm observations, we find robust support for our hypotheses: the HR function's relational activities were positively related to HCRs, which was more pronounced when coupled with high levels of strategic HR systems and human capital losses. The HCRs, in turn, transmitted the effects of the relational activities on the firm's subsequent operational and financial performance. Overall, these findings develop strategic HRM theory by contributing a more comprehensive conceptualization of the HR function's role in the strategic HRM process and by revealing its effects on firm performance along with key moderators.

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Authors: Jo, J., Chadwick, C., & Han, J. H.
Affiliations: Wright State University (US)
University of Kansas (US)
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KR)
Corresponding author: Jo, Jinhwan
ORCID: Jo, Jinhwan
Chadwick, Clint
Han, Joo Hun
Venue: Human Resource Management
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2023-06-14
Volume: 63
Issue: 1
Pages: 5-23
ISSN: 0090-4848 (ISSN-L)
1099-050X
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.22184
OpenAlex: W4380848867
Cited by: 43
References: 97
Citations by year: 2026: 17 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 4
FWCI: 12.44
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: hybrid
doi.org
Licence: cc-by-nc-nd
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (vor)
Locations: Human Resource Management (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Journal of Bioresource Management (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
KAIST Institutional Repository (KAIST) (submittedVersion)
Funders: University of Cincinnati
Hanyang University
Topics: Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Human Resource and Talent Management
Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Management and Organizational Practices
Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Intellectual Capital and Performance Analysis
Keywords: human resources function, relational activities, strategic human resource management, human capital resources, firm performance, human capital loss, internal stakeholders, operational performance, financial performance

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