Narrative review on how mediating mechanisms influence the relationship between employees’ perception of HR practices and employee performance

In this review, mediating mechanisms influencing the relationship between employees’ perception of HR practices and employee performance are studied using the abilities, motivation and opportunity to perform (AMO) framework. Investigating this relationship at employee level will help open up the so-called ‘Black Box’ of HRM. Thirty articles were analyzed using a method of tallying to identify to which extent different mediating factors were studied. This can help researchers in the field of HRM to form new research questions for studies which can investigate these mediating factors further.