This study has relatively limited data. Therefore, the data are still incomplete in all factors, the research timing was still short. As a result, it may not reflect fully and accurately all the impacts of the factors on human resource management at TAC.Because the research concentrate on Hanoi, it does not fully reflect the concept of the factors in other regions. Moreover, there was not a pilot study had been conducted before a main survey to modify measurement scale in advance, therefore results reduced partly the power of the measurement scale.
However, a more sophisticated sampling design can be built out. Additionally, future works should pay attention to various aspects of human resource management in addition to factors as mentioned above.
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APPENDICES
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APPENDIX 1
QUESTIONNAIRE
―First of all, I would like to thank you for your consideration to complete this questionnaire.‖
―Please fill out the following survey. You are not required to provide your name or other personal information. You can skip any question if answering it makes you feel uncomfortable. No answer is right or wrong. Each answer contains the same value.‖
―I commit that your personal information as well as opinions will be kept completely confidential and will not appear in any document without your consent.‖
SECTION A: DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
Please indicate your choice by marking the appropriate block with an (X).
1. Age:
18 – 30 31 – 45 46 – 65
2. Gender:
Male Female
3. Qualification:
High school College, vocational school
University Post-graduate 4. Years of experience:
< 5 years 5 – 10 years > 10 years
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―Please indicate your opinion for the related factors through the following statements.‖
―Instruction for answer: Please complete the questionnaire by circling by an (O) to what extent each of the following statements is true according to your personal opinion. Each statement is measured by the scale from 1 to 5, which meaning is as follows:‖
1: Strongly disagree 4: Agree
2: Disagree 5: Strongly agree
3: Normal
No. Statement
Level 1 2 3 4 5 I Economic conditions/changes
1 The economy in Vietnam is stable with annual growth.
2
Economic changes in Vietnam do have much influence on Tay A Construction Company.
3
Changes in prices of construction materials have certain impact on Tay A’s HRM activities.
II Technological change/advancements
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No. Statement
Level 1 2 3 4 5
4
Technology change provides Tay A Construction Company a better infrastructure and business growth.
5
Tay A applies technological changes into its HRM practices including recruitment, staffing, etc.
6
Thanks to technological advancements, Tay A changes the way it works and the roles its employees undertake.
III Workforce demographics
7
At Tay A, employees with different expectations and characteristics will have different working behaviors and attitudes.
8
Tay A has different HRM policies for employees with different characteristics.
9
Tay A has a specialized unit to identify and analyze employees’ attitude and expectation to be able to design the most effective HRM policies.
IV Union action
10
The Trade Union of Tay A has a big impact on its own HRM policies for employees.
11 The role of the Trade Union is associated with the HRM
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No. Statement
Level 1 2 3 4 5 practices at Tay A.
12
The Trade Union of Tay A meets weekly to discuss the most suitable HRM policies for its employees.
V Organization size
13
The organizational size of Tay A plays an important role in determining the intensity and type of HR practices.
14
As compared to its starting time, Tay A have added some new dimensions to its current HRM implementation.
15
Because Tay A is a big corporation, its departments and branches are more autonomous and independent in their operations.
VI Organizational structure
16
Tay A’s organizational structure determines its HRM practices.
17
When designing and implementing HRM policies, leaders at Tay A depend on its own organizational structure.
VII Business strategy
18 Business strategy at Tay A is linked with HRM practices
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No. Statement
Level 1 2 3 4 5 to be more productive.
19
At Tay A, HRM functions are designed and practiced in accordance with the targets, purposes, polices and business strategy.
20
Business strategy is considered as lodestar for TayA employees in all of their operations and behaviors.
VIII Organization culture
21
Tay A’s organization culture reflects the accessibility of management and the ways in which important decision are made.
22
Tay A has a positive organizational culture which positively affects both of its retention and recruitment.
23
At Tay A, organizational culture includes friendship and hospitality, which makes HRM practices implemented more easily.
IX Top management and line managers
24
Employees’ training and development at Tay A is influenced by top management.
25 Top management at Tay A is responsible for designing
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No. Statement
Level 1 2 3 4 5 and orienting HRM activities.
26
Without line managers’ participation, the actual implementation of HRM activities at Tay A cannot be successful and effective.
General assessment on human resource management
27
Human resource management at Tay A Construction Company is implemented well and effectively.
28
In general, Tay A can take advantage of impact from factors for its own sustainable development.
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APPENDIX 2
SURVEY RESULTS Reliability Statistics
Cronbach's Alpha
N of Items
,843 3
Item-Total Statistics Scale Mean
if Item Deleted
Scale Variance if Item Deleted
Corrected Item-Total Correlation
Cronbach's Alpha if Item Deleted Economic
conditions/changes1
7,56 1,198 ,721 ,802
Economic
conditions/changes2
8,45 1,321 ,806 ,681
Economic
conditions/changes3
8,29 1,966 ,703 ,837
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Cronbach's Alpha
N of Items
,801 3
Item-Total Statistics Scale Mean
if Item Deleted
Scale Variance if
Item Deleted
Corrected Item-Total Correlation
Cronbach's Alpha if
Item Deleted Technological
change/advancements1
5,31 1,893 ,681 ,692
Technological
change/advancements2
6,21 2,248 ,590 ,787
Technological
change/advancements3
6,44 1,663 ,687 ,690
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Cronbach's Alpha
N of Items
,649 3
Item-Total Statistics Scale Mean if
Item Deleted
Scale Variance if Item Deleted
Corrected Item-Total Correlation
Cronbach's Alpha if Item
Deleted Workforce
demographics1
5,99 3,707 ,401 ,632
Workforce demographics2
6,75 3,482 ,458 ,553
Workforce demographics3
6,72 3,674 ,526 ,469
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Cronbach's Alpha
N of Items
,716 3
Item-Total Statistics Scale Mean if
Item Deleted
Scale Variance if Item Deleted
Corrected Item- Total Correlation
Cronbach's Alpha if Item
Deleted
Union action1 6,56 1,602 ,570 ,584
Union action2 6,56 1,421 ,618 ,516
Union action3 7,56 1,845 ,427 ,748
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Cronbach's Alpha
N of Items
,644 3
Item-Total Statistics Scale Mean if
Item Deleted
Scale Variance if Item Deleted
Corrected Item-Total Correlation
Cronbach's Alpha if Item
Deleted
Organization size1 5,06 ,865 ,419 ,603
Organization size2 7,04 ,907 ,499 ,488
Organization size3 6,06 ,946 ,451 ,552
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Cronbach's Alpha
N of Items
,746 2
Item-Total Statistics Scale Mean if
Item Deleted
Scale Variance if Item Deleted
Corrected Item-Total Correlation
Cronbach's Alpha if Item
Deleted Organizational
structure1
3,13 ,377 ,596 .
Organizational structure2
4,01 ,434 ,596 .
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Cronbach's Alpha
N of Items
,668 3
Item-Total Statistics Scale Mean if
Item Deleted
Scale Variance if Item Deleted
Corrected Item-Total Correlation
Cronbach's Alpha if Item
Deleted
Business strategy1 5,40 ,970 ,547 ,482
Business strategy2 5,36 1,227 ,425 ,646
Business strategy3 6,24 1,368 ,495 ,573
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Cronbach's Alpha
N of Items
,684 3
Item-Total Statistics Scale Mean if
Item Deleted
Scale Variance if Item Deleted
Corrected Item-Total Correlation
Cronbach's Alpha if Item
Deleted Organization
culture1
6,46 ,635 ,654 ,616
Organization culture2
7,13 ,195 ,620 ,754
Organization culture3
7,41 ,527 ,644 ,500
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Cronbach's Alpha
N of Items
,602 4
Item-Total Statistics Scale Mean if
Item Deleted
Scale Variance if Item Deleted
Corrected Item-Total Correlation
Cronbach's Alpha if Item
Deleted Top management and
line managers1
11,44 3,231 ,665 ,299
Top management and line managers2
11,62 3,284 ,618 ,335
Top management and line managers3
11,53 2,999 ,605 ,325
Top management and line managers4
12,30 6,333 -,190 ,851
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Cronbach's Alpha
N of Items
,851 3
Item-Total Statistics Scale Mean if
Item Deleted
Scale Variance if Item Deleted
Corrected Item-Total Correlation
Cronbach's Alpha if Item
Deleted Top management and
line managers1
8,11 3,218 ,705 ,807
Top management and line managers2
8,29 3,048 ,750 ,765
Top management and line managers3
8,20 2,808 ,714 ,803
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Cronbach's Alpha
N of Items
,671 2
Item-Total Statistics Scale Mean if
Item Deleted
Scale Variance if Item Deleted
Corrected Item-Total Correlation
Cronbach's Alpha if Item
Deleted General assessment on
human resource
management1
3,69 ,035 ,548 .
General assessment on
human resource
management2
2,10 ,080 ,548 .
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Total Variance Explained
Component Initial Eigenvalues Extraction Sums of Squared Loadings
Rotation Sums of Squared Loadings Total % of
Variance
Cumulative % Total % of Variance
Cumulative % Total % of Variance
Cumulative %
1 3,840 11,294 11,294 3,840 11,294 11,294 2,529 7,438 7,438 2 3,753 11,039 22,333 3,753 11,039 22,333 2,500 7,354 14,792 3 3,078 9,052 31,386 3,078 9,052 31,386 2,491 7,327 22,119 4 2,553 7,508 38,893 2,553 7,508 38,893 2,467 7,256 29,375 5 2,429 7,145 46,038 2,429 7,145 46,038 2,354 6,924 36,299 6 1,832 5,388 51,426 1,832 5,388 51,426 2,336 6,870 43,169 7 1,697 4,992 56,418 1,697 4,992 56,418 1,985 5,839 49,007 8 1,598 4,700 61,117 1,598 4,700 61,117 1,946 5,723 54,730 9 1,408 4,140 65,257 1,408 4,140 65,257 1,901 5,591 60,321 10 1,280 3,764 69,021 1,280 3,764 69,021 1,895 5,573 65,894 11 1,073 3,156 72,177 1,073 3,156 72,177 1,604 4,718 70,612 12 1,047 3,079 75,256 1,047 3,079 75,256 1,579 4,644 75,256 13 ,833 2,450 77,706
14 ,738 2,171 79,877 15 ,671 1,974 81,851 16 ,633 1,861 83,712 17 ,554 1,630 85,342 18 ,532 1,566 86,908 19 ,478 1,407 88,315 20 ,444 1,306 89,621 21 ,407 1,198 90,819
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22 ,382 1,124 91,943 23 ,341 1,003 92,946 24 ,326 ,959 93,905 25 ,306 ,900 94,805 26 ,286 ,841 95,646
Extraction M ethod: Principal Component Analysis.
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Rotated Component Matrixa
Component
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Top management and line managers3 ,852 ,653
Top management and line managers2 ,869 ,301 Top management and line managers1 ,822 ,302 Economic conditions/changes2 ,912
Economic conditions/changes1 ,865
Economic conditions/changes3 ,841 ,451
Organization culture1 ,818
Organization culture3 ,810
Organization culture2 ,794
Technological change/advancements3
,864 Technological
change/advancements1
,347 ,805 ,369
Technological change/advancements2
,452 ,738
Union action2 ,851
Union action1 ,381 ,831 ,547
Union action3 ,352 ,629
Workforce demographics1 ,764
Workforce demographics3 ,931 ,716
Workforce demographics2 ,925 ,706 ,349
Business strategy1 ,819
Business strategy3 ,416 ,487 ,729
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Business strategy2 ,921 ,659 ,350
Organization size2 ,790
Organization size3 ,387 ,485 ,788
Organization size1 ,631 ,662
Organizational structure2 ,482 ,781
Organizational structure1 ,611 ,475 ,901
Extraction M ethod: Principal Component Analysis.
Rotation M ethod: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization.
a. Rotation converged in 8 iterations.
Communalities
Initial Extraction General assessment on
human resource
management1
1,000 ,774
General assessment on
human resource
management2
1,000 ,774
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Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis.
Total Variance Explained
Component Initial Eigenvalues Extraction Sums of Squared Loadings Total % of Variance Cumulative % Total % of Variance Cumulative %
1 1,548 77,394 77,394 1,548 77,394 77,394
2 ,452 22,606 100,000
Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis.
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Component Matrixa
Component 1 General assessment on
human resource
management2
,880
General assessment on
human resource
management1
,880
Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis.
a. 1 components extracted.
Model Summaryb Model R R Square Adjusted R
Square
Std. Error of the Estimate
1 ,899a ,808 ,782 ,09969
a. Predictors: (Constant), X8, X7, X1, X6, X5, X9, X4, X3, X2 b. Dependent Variable: Y
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Model Sum of
Squares
df Mean Square F Sig.
1
Regression 3,640 12 ,303 30,521 ,000b
Residual ,865 87 ,010
Total 4,505 99
a. Dependent Variable: Y
b. Predictors: (Constant), X8, X7, X1, X6, X5, X9, X4, X3, X2 Coefficientsa
Model Unstandardized Coefficients
Standardized Coefficients
t Sig. Collinearity Statistics B Std.
Error
Beta Tolerance VIF
1
(Constant) -,038 ,220 -,170 ,865
X1 ,073 ,018 ,200 4,093 ,000 ,921 1,086 X2 ,066 ,018 ,204 3,690 ,000 ,718 1,392 X3 ,070 ,013 ,289 5,571 ,000 ,821 1,218 X4 ,093 ,018 ,260 5,168 ,000 ,872 1,146 X5 ,091 ,024 ,187 3,794 ,000 ,912 1,097 X6 ,088 ,019 ,235 4,546 ,000 ,827 1,210 X7 ,108 ,022 ,257 4,875 ,000 ,796 1,256