Flexibility-Oriented HRM Systems, Absorptive Capacity, and Market Responsiveness and Firm Innovativeness

Song Chang, Yaping Gong, Sean A. Way, Liangding Jia · 2012 · Journal of Management

Summary. Flexibility-oriented human resource management systems boost firm innovation and market responsiveness by enhancing absorptive capacity. The study examined high-technology firms and found that HRM systems designed for resource and coordination flexibility increase both the firm's potential to learn and its ability to apply that learning. This improved learning capacity directly strengthens market responsiveness and innovation performance.

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Chang, S., Gong, Y., Way, S. A., & Jia, L.. (2012). Flexibility-Oriented HRM Systems, Absorptive Capacity, and Market Responsiveness and Firm Innovativeness. Journal of Management. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206312466145

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DOI: 10.1177/0149206312466145
Countries: United States, China
Regions: North America, Asia
Categories: innovation-theory, entrepreneurship, general-innovation
Added: 2026-04-28