La relación entre la estrategia empresarial y la estrategia retributiva y su efecto en los resultados de la empresa

Authors

  • Gregorio Sánchez Marín Departamento de Organización de Empresas. Universidad de Murcia (España)
  • Antonio Aragón Sánchez Departamento de Organización de Empresas. Universidad de Murcia (España)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51302/rtss.2000.17853

Abstract

Este trabajo analiza, sobre la base del marco teórico que proporciona el modelo contingente, si los resultados de la empresa están afectados por la existencia de adecuación o coherencia entre la orientación estratégica de la organización y el diseño de sus estrategias retributivas. Para ello, en primer lugar, se profundiza en el análisis de la estrategia retributiva, identificando las diferentes dimensiones o prácticas de retribución que tienen efecto en la competitividad de la empresa. La combinación de las diferentes prácticas retributivas da lugar a la identificación de diferentes modelos globales de compensación que responden a una línea de actuación coherente a la hora de recompensar a sus empleados. En segundo lugar, se revisa la literatura empírica que relaciona la retribución con los resultados organizacionales, haciendo especial hincapié en los trabajos que estudian los vínculos entre estrategia empresarial y estrategia retributiva y las implicaciones que tienen esas relaciones en los resultados de la organización. Se puede concluir que, de acuerdo con la teoría, se han encontrado claras evidencias de que los resultados de la empresa son una función positiva del grado de adecuación o coherencia entre estrategia empresarial y retributiva. Si bien, considerando, por una parte, que los hallazgos de estos estudios están sujetos a ciertas limitaciones metodológicas y, por otra, que los escasos trabajos que se han realizado en el ámbito español no han hallado una relación consistente entre estrategias retributivas y estrategias empresariales, en tercer lugar, se hace necesario plantear un modelo teórico a partir del cual se establecen varias hipótesis de investigación para su contrastación empírica en las empresas españolas.

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Published

2000-11-07

How to Cite

Sánchez Marín, G., & Aragón Sánchez, A. (2000). La relación entre la estrategia empresarial y la estrategia retributiva y su efecto en los resultados de la empresa. Revista De Trabajo Y Seguridad Social. CEF, (212), 169–200. https://doi.org/10.51302/rtss.2000.17853