Abstract:
Human Resources in an organization are the type of resources that possess the
ability to make decisions, the ability to create and innovate, and the ability to
generate and enhance a sustainable competitive advantage. Hence, managing
Human Resources strategically has been critical. Similarly, measuring the
practices of strategic human resource management has also been difficult. The
objective of this paper is to present an instrument to measure the Practice of
Strategic Human Resource Management in Private Sector Organizations. A
systematic and adequate attempt was made to conceptualize and
operationalize the construct of the Practice of Strategic Human Resource
Management and the instrument was based on three dimensions i.e.,
coherence, integration and devolvement. By using 288 Heads of Human
Resources and 288 Chief Executive Officers of Sri Lankan listed firms, various
forms of validity and reliability were tested and it was found that the
instrument possesses adequate degrees of validity and reliability. It is of the
belief that the instrument can be utilized for future research studying the
Practice of Strategic Human Resource Management in organizations.
