Personnel controls include HR practices such as selection and training (also known
as input controls), which can be used to regulate the antecedent conditions of
performance such as knowledge, skills, abilities, values and motives of employees
(Snell, 1992, p. 297). Arthur’s (1992) study is another example that provides further
empirical evidence that finding the fit between HRM controls and competitive strategy
in manufacturing industries is essential. Snell and Youndt (1995) show that firms that
use a behavioural control approach to HRM tend to be associated with higher levels of
financial performance compared to firms that focus on an input control approach to
HRM