FACTORS AFFECTING HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION FROM HOTEL BUSINESSES IN THAILAND
Keywords:
human capital, management capability, hotel businessesAbstract
The objective of this research was to investigate the effect of transformational leadership orientation, organizational proactiveness strategy, human resource practice competency, and dynamic environmental uncertainty on human capital management capability. the data were collected from 344 respondents including managing directors or managing partners of the hotel business in Thailand. the questionnaire was used as a research tool for collecting data. the statistics used in analyzing data were multiple correlation analysis and the ordinary least squares (ols) regression analysis. the findings indicate that human resource practice competency, transformational leadership orientation, dynamic environmental uncertainty, and organizational proactiveness strategy had a significant and positive influence on human capital management capability respectively. the suggestion for future research the comparative study on findings of this study should be conducted for the generalizability.
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