Unlocking the black box of HPWPs-performance relationship in Vietnamese higher education context: the case of Ho Chi Minh City's universities

N. T. Pham-Thai; Thuy Duong Le; Adela McMurray; Nuttawuth (Wuth) Muenjohn

doi:10.1080/03075079.2023.2200478

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Unlocking the black box of HPWPs-performance relationship in Vietnamese higher education context: the case of Ho Chi Minh City's universities

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Unlocking the black box of HPWPs-performance relationship in Vietnamese higher education context: the case of Ho Chi Minh City's universities

N. T. Pham-Thai, Thuy Duong Le, Adela McMurray and Nuttawuth (Wuth) Muenjohn

Studies in higher education (Dorchester-on-Thames), Vol.48(9), pp.1411-1427

2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2023.2200478

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Education & Educational Research

Social Sciences

Organisational behaviour

Resting on social exchange theory and the Ability-Motivation-Opportunity framework, this research examined the causal relationships between high-performance work practices, climate for engagement, job engagement, and job performance in the context of Vietnamese higher education. A multiphase, multisource data collection method was applied to 394 pairs of full-time academic staff and their line managers or supervisors working for 14 public and private universities in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Using SEM and MSEM to analyze the data, the research pinpointed that of the three dimensions of high-performance work practices, ability-enhancing and opportunity-enhancing practices had significant and positive influences on Vietnamese university academic staff's job engagement. Climate for engagement was a crucial mediator in the influences of ability-enhancing and motivation-enhancing practices on Vietnamese university academic staff's job engagement. As their job engagement increased, it led to an improvement in their job performance. These significant findings explain how high-performance work practices promote Vietnamese university academic staff's job performance.

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Title: Unlocking the black box of HPWPs-performance relationship in Vietnamese higher education context: the case of Ho Chi Minh City's universities
Authors/Creators: N. T. Pham-Thai (Author) - RMIT University
Thuy Duong Le (Author) - Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City
Adela McMurray (Author) - Flinders University
Nuttawuth (Wuth) Muenjohn (Author)
Publication Details: Studies in higher education (Dorchester-on-Thames), Vol.48(9), pp.1411-1427
Publisher: Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
Number of pages: 17
Identifiers: 991005812246407891
Murdoch Affiliation: Murdoch Business School
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration; International collaboration
Citation topics: 6 Social Sciences; 6.3 Management; 6.3.48 Organizational Behavior
Web Of Science research areas: Education & Educational Research
ESI research areas: Social Sciences, general