Descriptive statistics and correlations between the study variables
| Variables | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Human resource planning | – | |||||||||
| 2. Job analysis and design | 0.626** | – | ||||||||
| 3. Employee performance appraisal | 0.191** | 0.282** | – | |||||||
| 4. Recruitment, selection, and placement | 0.391** | 0.402** | 0.487** | – | ||||||
| 5. Compensation and rewards | 0.287** | 0.236** | 0.444** | 0.645** | – | |||||
| 6. Training and development | 0.341** | 0.320** | 0.441** | 0.560** | 0.567** | – | ||||
| 7. Employee satisfaction | 0.072 | 0.083 | 0.247** | 0.309** | 0.355** | 0.285** | – | |||
| 8. Cost advantage | −0.146** | −0.241** | −0.066 | −0.233** | −0.172** | −0.225** | −0.121* | – | ||
| 9. Service variety advantage | −0.078 | −0.218** | −0.070 | −0.045 | 0.063 | −0.114* | 0.065 | 0.401** | – | |
| 10. Service quality advantage | −0.170** | −0.277** | −0.064 | −0.182** | −0.163** | −0.229** | −0.105* | 0.524** | 0.418** | – |
| Mean | 2.52 | 1.73 | 2.22 | 1.88 | 1.67 | 2.04 | 1.74 | 4.37 | 3.90 | 4.35 |
| SD | 0.24 | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.40 | 0.54 | 0.38 | 0.41 | 0.49 | 0.53 | 0.48 |
| Variables | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Human resource planning | – | |||||||||
| 2. Job analysis and design | 0.626** | – | ||||||||
| 3. Employee performance appraisal | 0.191** | 0.282** | – | |||||||
| 4. Recruitment, selection, and placement | 0.391** | 0.402** | 0.487** | – | ||||||
| 5. Compensation and rewards | 0.287** | 0.236** | 0.444** | 0.645** | – | |||||
| 6. Training and development | 0.341** | 0.320** | 0.441** | 0.560** | 0.567** | – | ||||
| 7. Employee satisfaction | 0.072 | 0.083 | 0.247** | 0.309** | 0.355** | 0.285** | – | |||
| 8. Cost advantage | −0.146** | −0.241** | −0.066 | −0.233** | −0.172** | −0.225** | −0.121* | – | ||
| 9. Service variety advantage | −0.078 | −0.218** | −0.070 | −0.045 | 0.063 | −0.114* | 0.065 | 0.401** | – | |
| 10. Service quality advantage | −0.170** | −0.277** | −0.064 | −0.182** | −0.163** | −0.229** | −0.105* | 0.524** | 0.418** | – |
| Mean | 2.52 | 1.73 | 2.22 | 1.88 | 1.67 | 2.04 | 1.74 | 4.37 | 3.90 | 4.35 |
| SD | 0.24 | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.40 | 0.54 | 0.38 | 0.41 | 0.49 | 0.53 | 0.48 |
Notes: Composite scores for each variable were computed by averaging respective item scores. *,**Significant at the 0.05 and 0.01 levels, respectively