THE IMPACT OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ON TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN JUBAIL PRIMARY INDUSTRIAL SECTOR, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

People are important in enhancing industrial firms ’ performance and in creating competitive advantage. High quality human resources management enable firms to compete upon the quality of product and services, differentiated products and technological innovation. The importance of effective people management to successful technological innovation capability has been recognized for some time, yet little comparative data is available to explain the complex relationship between human resources management and the technological innovation performance in Saudi Arabia. The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between human resources management (HRM) and organizations ' technological innovation in a large industrial sector in Saudi Arabia. This study was applied on the primary industrial companies in Jubail industrial city. Two surveys were administered to the Jubail primary industrial companies; the first survey used the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) questionnaire to measure the companies’ technological innovation, the second survey was designed by the researcher to measure the implementation of HRM system in the same companies. Correlation between HRM and organizations ’ technological innovation was measured. Statistical analysis was used to analyze the obtained data. The results showed that the HRM can influence the technological innovation in Jubai