RT Journal Article
T1 A contingent approach to the role of human capital and competencies on firm strategy
A1 Díaz-Fernández, Mirta
A1 López Cabrales, Álvaro
A1 Valle, Ramón
K1 Personal competencies
K1 Value of human capital
K1 Uniqueness of human capital
K1 Proactive strategy
K1 Defensive strategy
AB Employees play a relevant role in firm competitiveness due to their personal competencies and the human capital they constitute for the organisation. The objective of this paper is to assess whether different strategic contexts condition the emergence of different employees competencies. Moreover, accordingly with the strategy chosen, we analyse to what extent these competencies explain the differences in terms of value and uniqueness of the human capital. A set of proposed hypotheses is tested by means of structural equation models considering a sample of manufacturing firms. Results support the finding that prospectors favour proactive and customer-oriented competencies, while defenders foment competencies much more results-oriented. We also observe that the competency of customer orientation explains the value of human capital in prospectors, whilst this human capital dimension is explained by means of results oriented competencies in defender firms. Finally, regarding the uniqueness of human capital, it is explained by proactive competencies in prospectors but we do not find any significant result for defenders.
PB Elsevier
YR 2014
FD 2014
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10433/16755
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10433/16755
LA en
NO BRQ Business Research Quarterly, 17(3), 205-222
NO Financial support for this article was provided by the Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad, Plan Nacional de I+D+I (ECO2010-14939).
NO Departamento de Organización de Empresa y Marketing
DS RIO
RD May 9, 2026