Abstract
Empirical knowledge gap on short-term assignments and their outcomes encourage us to investigate the
relationship between post-assignment behavioural performances and given pre-assignment HRM support as the
main objective of this paper. Individual HRM functional level analysis, moderation effects of purpose of
assignments, and the synergy effects of HRM practices were included for testing three specific objectives with the
theoretical perspectives of high performance work practices, contingencies and system approaches. The results
partially confirm that the relationship between individual HRM practices and behavioural performance. Among
six HRM practices recruitment, training and compensation were positively significant. Synergistic effects of such
practices were not confirmed while the purpose of assignments also did not moderate this HRM-performance
relationship