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Assessing HR department effectiveness: managerial perspective in Polish firms

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Means, Standard Deviations for Study Variables

Descriptive Statistics
Variable Observations Mean Std. Dev. Min Max
HR Dept. effectiveness (top) 150 4.16 0.36 3.00 5.00
HR Dept. effectiveness (HR) 149 3.85 0.41 3.00 5.00
HR Dept. effectiveness (line) 145 3.90 0.35 2.00 5.00
Org performance 150 4.15 0.38 2.86 5.00
Market performance 150 3.95 0.49 2.25 5.00
Employee productivity 140 13.02 0.89 10.52 15.35
Firm growth 141 107.69 25.71 0.00 213.33
Sales growth 140 18.11 86.58 -150.00 927.41

Regression Results for Associations Between HR Department Effectiveness and Operational Outcomes

Variables Employee productivity Employee productivity Employee productivity Firm growth Firm growth Firm growth
HR Dept. effectiveness (top) –0.330 (0.288) 4.019 (6.791)
HR Dept. effectiveness (HR) 0.130 (0.185) 15.95*** (5.503)
HR Dept. effectiveness (line) –0.0854 (0.152) 18.54** (8.196)
Observations 133 133 130 141 141 137
R-squared full model 0.253 0.246 0.292 0.132 0.186 0.189
R-squared controls only 0.243 0.243 0.291 0.129 0.129 0.133

Correlations for Study Variables

Correlations
Variable HR Dept. effectiveness (top) HR Dept. effectiveness (HR) HR Dept. effectiveness (line) Org performance Market performance Employee productivity Firm growth Sales growth
HR Dept. effectiveness (top) 1
HR Dept. effectiveness (HR) 0.077 1
HR Dept. effectiveness (line) 0.146* 0.494*** 1
Org performance 0.881*** 0.248*** 0.318*** 1
Market performance 0.603*** 0.184** 0.321*** 0.758*** 1
Employee productivity –0.032 0.077 0.020 –0.056* –0.017 1
Firm growth 0.111 0.241*** 0.277*** 0.179** 0.305*** 0.009 1
Sales growth –0.001 0.129 0.093 0.039 0.111 0.009 0.168* 1

Results of the Tests for Equality of the Regression Coefficients for Firm Outcomes

Top managers = HR managers Top managers = line managers HR managers = line managers
Z statistics p-value Z statistics p-value Z statistics p-value
Employee productivity 1.34 0.179 0.75 0.452 0.90 0.368
Firm growth 1.36 0.172 1.36 0.172 0.26 0.793

Regression Results for Associations Between HR Department Effectiveness and Firms’ Outcomes

Variables Org performance Org performance Org performance Market performance Market performance Market performance Sales growth Sales growth Sales growth
HR Dept. effectiveness (top) 0.942*** (0.0765) 0.874*** (0.140) –35.84 (31.24)
HR Dept. effectiveness (HR) 0.184** (0.0804) 0.160 (0.109) 17.91* (10.41)
HR Dept. effectiveness (line) 0.320*** (0.107) 0.440*** (0.142) 4.238 (22.04)
Observations 141 141 137 141 141 137 133 133 130
R-squared full model 0.809 0.370 0.416 0.472 0.240 0.306 0.176 0.170 0.177
R-squared controls only 0.333 0.333 0.335 0.223 0.223 0.218 0.164 0.164 0.177