An Empirical Research on the Relationships among Corporate Transformation, Human Resource Roles, and Organizational Performance for Small

This paper tries to investigate the way SMEs make use of human resource roles to promote corporate performance after transformation. This study was conducted on industrial competitive environments, corporate transformations, human resource roles and organizational performances in SMEs in Taiwan. One hundred and eighty-four questionnaires were given to Taiwanese SMEs.

The results are summarized as below: 1.Overall, the industrial competitive environment have effects on the corporate transformation. 2 Corporate transformation strategies have positive effects on human resource roles, which, in turn; have positive effects on organizational performance. Based on the findings, the corporation would adjust the human resource roles that affect organizational performances during the periods of transformation. 3.Corporate transformation strategies and human resource roles, the intervening variables, affects organizational performance. 4.Both manufacturers and corporations with overseas investments stress transformation strategies.

The findings of this empirical research elucidate the relations among industrial competitive environments, corporate transformations, human resource roles and organizational performances for SMEs in Taiwan.