An analysis of human resource empowerment and organisational performance in Greek sport federations

Papaioannou, Alkistis; Kriemadis, Thanos; Alexopoulos, Panagiotis; Vrondou, Ourania

doi:10.1504/wremsd.2012.050299

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“…Concerning the fitness clubs, it seems that the managers supported the delegation of authority to their employees through the creation of empowered teams which produce their own motivation, recommend ideas, make decisions and implement them effectively regarding their area of responsibility which in turns, can increase innovation as literature suggests (Mohan et al. , 2017; Papaioannou et al. , 2012; Vogt and Murrell, 1990).…”

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“…The questionnaire used included 45 items and was developed by Papaioannou et al (2017) and was founded on the reviewed literature on HRM (Papaioannou et al, 2012(Papaioannou et al, , 2017Sashkin and Rosenbach, 1996;Sashkin, 1996;Vogt and Murrell, 1990) on innovation activities (Abdi and Ali, 2013) and perceived financial performance as measured by satisfaction levels in relation to specific KPI's such as profit, ROI, sales volume and market share (Papaioannou et al, 2017). Also, suggestions that offered by a selected panel of experts have been taken into account.…”

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“…Human resource empowerment has also been defined as transferring the responsibility and the decision making from the managers to the employees. It is fundamental that the members of the organization should be both willing and capable of arrogating more power, quality decision making and effective performance (Papaioannou et al, 2012). Human resource empowerment hints authorizing and giving autonomy to subordinates in order for them to exercise control over decision concerning their job (Vogt and Murrell, 1990).…”

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“…The results of the study pointed out that human resource empowerment significantly influenced the innovative activities of fitness clubs. Concerning the fitness clubs, it seems that the managers supported the delegation of authority to their employees through the creation of empowered teams which produce their own motivation, recommend ideas, make decisions and implement them effectively regarding their area of responsibility which in turns, can increase innovation as literature suggests (Mohan et al, 2017;Papaioannou et al, 2012;Vogt and Murrell, 1990). These findings are in accordance with evidence reported by Darakordi and Miryousefi (2019) who pointed out that employee empowerment plays a facilitative role in developing organizational innovation in sports clubs, while other scholars have claimed that innovation is based on human resource empowerment in service organizations (Barba-Arag on and Jim enez-Jim enez, 2020).…”

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Perceived financial performance in sport services firms: the role of HRM practices and innovation

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PurposeThe aim of the present study is to examine the impact of human resource (HR) practices (human resource empowerment, organizational culture and transformational leadership) on innovation activities as well as the effect of innovation activities on perceived financial performance within sport services firms.Design/methodology/approachThe proposed relationships were examined using empirical data from 172 managers of Greek sport services firms. Seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) analysis was used to investigate the role of human resource management (HRM) practices on innovation activities and whether innovation activities affected the perceived financial performance.FindingsThe results of the study indicated that HRM practices, such as human resource empowerment, organizational culture and transformational leadership, significantly impact innovation activities and subsequently innovation activities have a significant and positive effect on perceived financial performance as measured by satisfaction levels in relation to specific key performance indicators (KPIs) such as profit, ROI, sales volume and market share.Practical implicationsThis study presents useful theoretical and managerial implications that can be used by sport service firms to assess the effects of HRM practices on innovation activities and perceived financial performance.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature on several merits. Firstly, the authors jointly estimate the impact of HRM practices on innovation and its concurrent effect on perceived financial performance, which is not methodologically considered before. Secondly, the authors incorporate a more thorough measure of perceived financial performance including four dimensions of performance, and finally the authors analyze a larger sample of sport services firms relative to previous studies, leading into more concrete conclusion on the research hypotheses.

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Section: Literature Review 21 Human Resource Empowerment and Innovati...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Theoretical Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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