Strategic HR practices are linked to organizational performance (Combs et al., 2006; Delery & Doty, 1996). They send out messages to employees that they will interpret and draw on to, in order to identify the psychological meaning of their work situation (House, Rousseau, & Thomas-Hunt, 1995). It is important to identify and pay attention to those characteristics of the HRM processes, so that employees interpret and respond appropriately. When many employees interpret specific HRM processes in the same way and "have a shared perceptions about what behaviors are expected and rewarded in the organization" they experience an organizational climate (Bowen & Ostroff, 2004, p. 207).