Impact of Strategic Human Resource Practices On Innovation Behavior of Employees in Malaysian Construction Industry in Cyberjaya

Zhu Lin

Zhu Lin PHD Student

Keywords: Strategic human resource, invitation behaviour, employees, construction industry

Abstract

This study examined three dimensions of human resource practices within the organization that recruitment, training, and payment, and its impact on the innovation behaviour of employees. A total of 127 employees from four construction companies have participated in this study. This study result shows a significant and positive impact of these three practices on the employees’ innovation behavior and this research will be adopting a quantitative method to the study; this is because the main method for gathering data in this research is through an adopted questionnaire. This would automatically categorize it as a quantitative method. Final this study focuses on the construction projects that operate in Cyberjaya, Malaysia.

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