El impacto de las prácticas de los recursos humanos en los procesos de innovación en las empresas familiares

This paper evaluates a model that relates the human resource practices (training, teamwork, recognition, etc.) and the innovation processes, specifically in the context of Colombian family businesses. The model incorporates the more important variables that refer to the human resource practices, according to the literature review, as predictor variables of innovation, such as the creation of patents, new product launches and more. A survey was administered to 161 employees of companies in Cali, Colombia. As valuation technique an ordered logit model was used. The results support the hypothesis that the more these HR practices are implemented, greater innovation will be registered within companies. Regarding the type of company, we conclude that the likelihood of innovating change as the type of organization also change.