Environmental Factors Affecting Human Resources Management Activities of Turkish Large Firms

Abstract

The basic aim of this study is to present and examine environmental factors affecting human resource activities, which based upon a research conducted on Turkish large firms. Factors that affect human resource management (HRM) activities were divided into two, as internal and external elements. The data for the research were gathered with a survey, and analyzed with various statistical methods. Accordingly, it was achieved that, companies take these internal and external elements into consideration in a high or at least moderate level in general. Moreover, it was found that, " priorities of top management " , " legislations/regulations " , " changes in national economy " , and " qualities of employees " are the top factors affecting HRM activities. It was also seen that, there is no statistically significant relation between industries, the year of foundation, city of headquarters, ownership type, size and the means of internal or external environmental factors affecting HRM activities. The results demonstrate the fit for internal factors and fit for external factors. Also, it was found that, internal and external environmental factors are significantly associated. Thus, HRM activities are closely integrated with environmental elements, which, should always be considered.