العلاقة بين إستراتيجيات إدارة الموارد البشرية والميزة التنافسية المستدامة لقطاع الصناعة التحويلية اليمنية: خفة الحركة الإستراتيجية كمتغير وسيط

This quantitative study discusses the relationship between human resources management strategies and sustainable competitive advantage; through strategic agility as an intermediate variable. The problem is that Yemeni companies operate in a highly competitive environment characterized by instability and the need to adopt new systems of strategic concepts، systems، and mechanisms that are compatible with the requirements of modern times. And the creation of an efficient human cadre working according to proactive strategic directions for the challenges and exploiting opportunities to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. The study objectives are; to verify the impact of human resources management strategies on sustainable competitive advantage through the intermediate role of strategic agility. For this purpose، the study developed a theoretical framework، in which the virtual structure was built on the three study variables. The theoretical descriptive approach was then used، to test the theoretical framework of the (554) large and medium Yemeni manufacturing companies. A simple random sample was chosen according to formula Thompson’s (2012). The sample size was (227) companies، for the data collection (454) questionnaires distributed to the companies Managers and their deputies. Data were analyzed using; exploratory statistical methods، global empirical analysis، and structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the quality of the measurements used. The study findings revealed that: A direct positive impact of human resources management strategies on sustainable competitive advantage was found، as well as a direct positive impact of human resource management strategies on strategic agility، as well as the direct partial positive impact of strategic agility on sustainable competitive advantage. It also confirmed the impact of strategic agility on the relationship between human resource management strategies and sustainable competitive advantage in manufacturing companies. This confirms the validity of the proposed
theoretical model and the data of the study society. This is especially important for the industrial companies، especially the Yemeni ones، in dealing with the competitive challenges facing them and remaining within the framework of competition in the troubled business environment.