... to competitive strategy and desired employee behaviours. Importantly, this model recognises the salient role of employee behaviour in performance outcomes and, moreover that different competitive strategies imply both promulgation and reinforcement of different sets of employee skills and behaviours...

...Javier Gonzalez-Benito; Isabel Suárez-González; Daniel González-Sánchez Purpose Competitive strategy is one of the key factors traditionally related to performance, but research explaining the mechanisms through which this strategy improves business results is scant. This study aims to shed light...

... competitive strategies and human resource (HR) practice subsystems cohere to influence employees' role behaviors and performance outcomes. Design/methodology/approach Online survey data were collected from 301 employees working in the retail trade and hospitality segments of New Zealand's service industry...

..., whereas competitive goals induce negative interactions and group outcomes (Johnson and Johnson, 2005). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Performance appraisal Competitive strategy Group work Employee relations China Accurate appraisal of the performance of employees has...