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Human resource management (HRM) practices are integral to organizational performance, productivity and sustainability. Incorporating human resource practices allows a firm to attract and maintain a workforce as well as encourage them to contribute to organizational strategies and goals with the purpose of improving company performance. Meanwhile as supply chains continue to replace individual firms as the economic engine for creating value during the twenty?first century, understanding the supply chain performance becomes increasingly important for both practitioners and researchers. Previous studies have addressed human resource practices and firm infrastructure in separate studies. This conceptual paper will explore the key role played by human resource management practices and firm infrastructure in the effort to succeed within a competitive business environment, and consequently enhance firm performance. Furthermore, the proposed framework will be valuable to various environments due to its integration of prior research and literature. This study is among the pioneers in investigating and determining the conceptual relationship between supply chain performance and human resource practices.
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To Cite this Article: Asnordin, N. A., Sundram, V. P. K., & Noranee, S. (2020). The Influence of Professional Human Resource and Firm Infrastructure towards Supply Chain Performance. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 10(12), 718–732.
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