ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AS PREDICTORS OF PERSONNEL PRACTICES
研究了行业、创新战略、制造技术、组织结构等组织特征如何影响人事实践，发现人事实践因组织特征而异，且同一组织对管理者和小时工的人事实践存在差异。
This study investigated the relationship between organizational context characteristics and personnel practices. The following organizational characteristics were hypothesized to influence personnel practices: industry sector, the pursuit of innovation as a competitive strategy, manufacturing technology, and organizational structure. In addition, organizational size and unionization were examined. Results based upon data obtained from 267 organizations provided support for the general hypothesis that personnel practices vary as a function of organizational characteristics. In addition to interorganizational differences in personnel practices, this study illustrates that large intraorganiza‐tional differences exist with respect to the practices used for managerial and hourly employees. Implications and future research needs are described.