The Effects of Employee Retention on Company Performance Results: the Mediating Role of HRM Outcomes in Central European Headquarters of MNCs

Aim: The main goal of the article was to determine the mediating role of HRM outcomes in the relationships between employee retention (ER) and company performance results (CPR), and to establish the existence of any identifiable regularities in this scope in the pre-pandemic and pandemic period of C...

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Main Author: Łukasz Haromszeki
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Language:English
Published: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu 2025-07-01
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Online Access:https://journals.ue.wroc.pl/pn/article/view/1424
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description Aim: The main goal of the article was to determine the mediating role of HRM outcomes in the relationships between employee retention (ER) and company performance results (CPR), and to establish the existence of any identifiable regularities in this scope in the pre-pandemic and pandemic period of COVID-19 (understood as a crisis condition) in the headquarters (HQs) of multinational companies (MNCs). Methodology: The empirical research was conducted in 200 MNCs with headquarters in Central Europe. To accurately reflect the relationships among the studied variables, the raw data were modified using the Efficiency Index (EI). The research hypotheses were tested and the mediating effects evaluated using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). Results: The study results indicate that HRM outcomes give a positive effect as a mediator between employee retention and company performance results in crisis. It shows statistically significant relations between business strategies, ER practices and companies performance results which can be useful for academic discourse and business decisions to plan the role of HRM for future crises. Implications and recommendations: The author’s own research revealed the mediation of HRM outcomes between ER and company performance results in finance, innovativeness, and quality. Thereby, this study has become another voice in the discussion on HRM strategies and policies for crisis taking into account four types of companies’ performance results. Originality/value: The research findings are not only of an innovative character due to MNCs being headquartered in Central Europe, but also because they link ER with companies results by using HRM outcomes and show its role in their performance and resilience in crisis.
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spelling doaj-art-e9b4e9e4f48a4d4cad8c9370d4b7ee6a2025-07-23T09:36:32ZengWydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we WrocławiuPrace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu1899-31922392-00412025-07-0169210.15611/pn.2025.2.051425The Effects of Employee Retention on Company Performance Results: the Mediating Role of HRM Outcomes in Central European Headquarters of MNCsŁukasz Haromszeki0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2293-5926Wroclaw University of Economics and BusinessAim: The main goal of the article was to determine the mediating role of HRM outcomes in the relationships between employee retention (ER) and company performance results (CPR), and to establish the existence of any identifiable regularities in this scope in the pre-pandemic and pandemic period of COVID-19 (understood as a crisis condition) in the headquarters (HQs) of multinational companies (MNCs). Methodology: The empirical research was conducted in 200 MNCs with headquarters in Central Europe. To accurately reflect the relationships among the studied variables, the raw data were modified using the Efficiency Index (EI). The research hypotheses were tested and the mediating effects evaluated using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). Results: The study results indicate that HRM outcomes give a positive effect as a mediator between employee retention and company performance results in crisis. It shows statistically significant relations between business strategies, ER practices and companies performance results which can be useful for academic discourse and business decisions to plan the role of HRM for future crises. Implications and recommendations: The author’s own research revealed the mediation of HRM outcomes between ER and company performance results in finance, innovativeness, and quality. Thereby, this study has become another voice in the discussion on HRM strategies and policies for crisis taking into account four types of companies’ performance results. Originality/value: The research findings are not only of an innovative character due to MNCs being headquartered in Central Europe, but also because they link ER with companies results by using HRM outcomes and show its role in their performance and resilience in crisis.https://journals.ue.wroc.pl/pn/article/view/1424employee retentionhrmcompany performanceefficiencymncs
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The Effects of Employee Retention on Company Performance Results: the Mediating Role of HRM Outcomes in Central European Headquarters of MNCs
Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
employee retention
hrm
company performance
efficiency
mncs
title The Effects of Employee Retention on Company Performance Results: the Mediating Role of HRM Outcomes in Central European Headquarters of MNCs
title_full The Effects of Employee Retention on Company Performance Results: the Mediating Role of HRM Outcomes in Central European Headquarters of MNCs
title_fullStr The Effects of Employee Retention on Company Performance Results: the Mediating Role of HRM Outcomes in Central European Headquarters of MNCs
title_full_unstemmed The Effects of Employee Retention on Company Performance Results: the Mediating Role of HRM Outcomes in Central European Headquarters of MNCs
title_short The Effects of Employee Retention on Company Performance Results: the Mediating Role of HRM Outcomes in Central European Headquarters of MNCs
title_sort effects of employee retention on company performance results the mediating role of hrm outcomes in central european headquarters of mncs
topic employee retention
hrm
company performance
efficiency
mncs
url https://journals.ue.wroc.pl/pn/article/view/1424
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