A Research on the Relationship Model among Leadership Styles of Top Manager, Human Resource Strategy, Human Resource Management Effectiveness and Corporate Competitiveness: Field Study of High-tech Industry in Taiwan

It is hoped that the relationship model between human resource management and business competitiveness can be established as a reference for the academic and enterprises. The primary purpose of this study is to explore the relationship model between human resource management and corporate competitiveness. With the high-tech industry in Taiwan as the subject, the researchers intend to understand the differences between leadership styles of top manager and human resource strategies in the high-tech industry through field study and in-depth interviews.

Also, this research will deal with the relationship among the four variables of leadership style, human resource strategy, human resource management effectiveness, and corporate competitiveness. In addition, the function of the intervening variable of human resource management effectiveness will be discussed. Furthermore, the predictability of leadership style to human resource strategy will be analyzed.

The data collected from the survey will be statistically analyzed via SPSS or SAS software. Statistical methods include: Cluster analysis ,Pearson product-moment and Canonical correlation analysis, multi-variate analysis, regression analysis, Scheffe method for multiple comparisons. The main conclusions are as follows: 1.\"PM\" type has superior business competitiveness than other types of leadership style. 2.\"Cultivator\" HR strategy type, which put much emphasis on long-term HR planning, build up long-term commitments with employees, has better HRM effectiveness and business competitiveness. 3.Companies that belong to HR strategic level outperform those that locate their HR at managerial level and operational level in terms of HRM effectiveness and business competitiveness. 4.The fits of \"Cultivator-strategic level\" and \"Utilizer-managerial level\" outperform other fits in terms of HRM effectiveness. 5.The fits of \"Innovator-Cultivator\" and \"Focus-Utilizer\" experience better business competitiveness than other fits. 6.The intervening effect of HRM effectiveness between the relationship that HR strategy affects business competitiveness is very significant.