A holistic model of human capital for value creation and superior firm performance: The Strategic factor market model

Understanding the link between human capital, competitive advantage and firm performance is a major focus of research in strategic human capital studies in strategic management and Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM). Indeed, much progress has been made in understanding this link. However, st...

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Autores principales: Ebes Esho, Grietjie Verhoef
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:acb0d9585bcf4ffc9334bf56ab9d106b2021-12-02T14:41:51ZA holistic model of human capital for value creation and superior firm performance: The Strategic factor market model2331-197510.1080/23311975.2020.1728998https://doaj.org/article/acb0d9585bcf4ffc9334bf56ab9d106b2020-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2020.1728998https://doaj.org/toc/2331-1975Understanding the link between human capital, competitive advantage and firm performance is a major focus of research in strategic human capital studies in strategic management and Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM). Indeed, much progress has been made in understanding this link. However, strategy scholars have emphasized firm-specific human capital as the most strategic form of human capital, and mobility constraints as the route to human capital-based competitive advantage and superior performance. SHRM, on the other hand, have been primarily focused on human resource policies, practices and systems, and more recently on the ability, motivation, and opportunity framework. Consequently, there has been an implicit assumption that there is already an understanding of how human capital actually creates value in firms. This article presents a succinct review of extant studies and a model that explores value creation from human capital. The model, based primarily on the theory of strategic factor market, holds promise in furthering extant understanding of the link between human capital, competitive advantage and firm performance. The model takes a more holistic approach to the role of human capital in value creation in firms.Ebes EshoGrietjie VerhoefTaylor & Francis Grouparticlehuman capitalstrategic factor marketknowledgecompetitive advantagevalue creationvalue captureBusinessHF5001-6182Management. Industrial managementHD28-70ENCogent Business & Management, Vol 7, Iss 1 (2020)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic human capital
strategic factor market
knowledge
competitive advantage
value creation
value capture
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
spellingShingle human capital
strategic factor market
knowledge
competitive advantage
value creation
value capture
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
Ebes Esho
Grietjie Verhoef
A holistic model of human capital for value creation and superior firm performance: The Strategic factor market model
description Understanding the link between human capital, competitive advantage and firm performance is a major focus of research in strategic human capital studies in strategic management and Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM). Indeed, much progress has been made in understanding this link. However, strategy scholars have emphasized firm-specific human capital as the most strategic form of human capital, and mobility constraints as the route to human capital-based competitive advantage and superior performance. SHRM, on the other hand, have been primarily focused on human resource policies, practices and systems, and more recently on the ability, motivation, and opportunity framework. Consequently, there has been an implicit assumption that there is already an understanding of how human capital actually creates value in firms. This article presents a succinct review of extant studies and a model that explores value creation from human capital. The model, based primarily on the theory of strategic factor market, holds promise in furthering extant understanding of the link between human capital, competitive advantage and firm performance. The model takes a more holistic approach to the role of human capital in value creation in firms.
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title A holistic model of human capital for value creation and superior firm performance: The Strategic factor market model
title_short A holistic model of human capital for value creation and superior firm performance: The Strategic factor market model
title_full A holistic model of human capital for value creation and superior firm performance: The Strategic factor market model
title_fullStr A holistic model of human capital for value creation and superior firm performance: The Strategic factor market model
title_full_unstemmed A holistic model of human capital for value creation and superior firm performance: The Strategic factor market model
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