External factors affect export performance of Vietnamese vegetable and fruit exporters

The study analyzes elements of human resource management practices influencing co-operatives’ performance in Ho Chi Minh City. The study employs methods of descriptive statistics, analysis of Cronbach’s Alpha, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and multiple regression using data collected from 216 co-operatives in Ho Chi Minh City. The findings show that all five elements of human resource management practices (recruitment and labour selection, training, internal labour market, employee’s engagement, and compensation and benefits policy) have a positive correlation with co-operatives’ financial and non-financial performance.