The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between high-performance work systems (HPWS) and product innovativeness. Drawing on the dynamic capabilities perspective, this study examines the mediating role of technological capabilities in this relationship as well as considering the moderating role of university and industry (U-I) collaboration between HPWS and technological capabilities. Data for this study were collected from 228 firms in the Turkish automobile industry. Research hypotheses were examined by the partial least squares structural equation modelling technique using SmartPLS. Results revealed that technological capabilities mediated the relationship between HPWS and product innovativeness, and U-I collaboration had a moderating effect in the relationship between HPWS and technological capabilities. While this study examines the role of technological capabilities in the relationship between HPWS and product innovativeness for the first time in the literature, it also aims to understand whether HPWS contribute to the development of organizational level capabilities. Furthermore, U-I collaboration is examined as a contextual factor enabling the use of HPWS to transform technological capabilities.

本文的目的是调查高性能工作系统 (HPWS) 与产品创新之间的关系。借鉴动态能力的观点，本研究检验了技术能力在这种关系中的中介作用，并考虑了 HPWS 与技术能力之间大学和行业 (UI) 协作的调节作用。本研究的数据收集自土耳其汽车行业的 228 家公司。通过使用 SmartPLS 的偏最小二乘结构方程建模技术对研究假设进行了检验。结果表明，技术能力在 HPWS 与产品创新之间的关系中起中介作用，UI 协作在 HPWS 与技术能力之间的关系中起调节作用。虽然这项研究首次在文献中检验了技术能力在 HPWS 与产品创新之间关系中的作用，但它也旨在了解 HPWS 是否有助于组织级能力的发展。此外，UI 协作被视为一个上下文因素，可以使用 HPWS 来转变技术能力。