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Strategic human resource management in the era of environmental disruptions

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Kim, Sunghoon, Vaiman, Vlad, Sanders, Karin·2022·Human Resource Management
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This article—which serves as an introduction to the special issue of the role of (strategic) human resource management (HRM) in the era of environmental disruptions—summarizes previous research, introduces articles related to this special issue, and provides suggestions for future research in the area. This special issue intends to advance HRM research by putting it in the context of disruptive environments, aiming to deepen our theoretical and empirical knowledge about the role of HRM in these disruptive environments, and provide insights to managers and policymakers who must deal with current as well as future disruptions in extra‐organizational environments. The different sections of this introductory paper are structured from the perspective of an individual (“How can HRM help individual employees cope with environmental disruptions?”), an organization (“How can HRM help organizations be more resilient against environmental disruptions?”), and a community/societal perspective (“How can HRM help the community being affected by environmental disruptions?”). We conclude by proposing several research ideas and practical implications for human resource professionals that would enable them to deal with individual employees, their organization, and the community in times of environmental disruptions.

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  • Recent environmental disruptions such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war are exposing limitations of the traditional strategic HRM paradigm's focus on shareholder value.

    “Further, recent environmental disruptions (Kim et al., 2022), such as the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war (Cumming, 2022), are exposing the limitations associated with a parochial focus on shareholder value in the traditional strategic HRM paradigm (Collings et al., 2021;Pucik et al., 2023).”

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  80. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES Sunghoon Kim is an Associate Professor at The University of Syd- ney Business School. He received his PhD from Cornell Univer- sity. His main research interests are strategic human resource management and comparative employment relations, particularly in the context of the Asia-Pacific region. His research has been published in leading journals including Human Resource Manage- ment, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Organization Studies, Journal of International Business Studies, International Journal of Human Resource Management, and Management and Organization Review.
  81. Vlad Vaiman is a Professor and Associate Dean at the School of Management of California Lutheran University and a visiting pro- fessor at several premier universities around the globe. He has published a number of academic and practitioner-oriented books, articles, and book chapters on talent management and Interna- tional HRM. His work appeared in Academy of Management Learn- ing and Education, Human Resource Management, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Human Resource Manage- ment Review, Journal of Business Ethics, and many others. He is a founder, organizer, and a leading chair of the Workshop

Authors
Kim, S., Vaiman, V., & Sanders, K.
Affiliations
  • The University of Sydney (AU)
  • California Lutheran University (US)
  • UNSW Sydney (AU)
Corresponding author
Kim, Sunghoon
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Venue
Human Resource Management
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2022-03-13
Volume
61
Issue
3
Pages
283-293
ISSN
  • 0090-4848 (ISSN-L)
  • 1099-050X
DOI
10.1002/hrm.22107
OpenAlex
W4220662131
Cited by
73
References
82
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2026: 19 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 5
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12.75
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Language
en
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Funders
University of Sydney
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Human Resource and Talent Management
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Management and Organizational Practices
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
Keywords
strategic human resource management, environmental disturbance, organizational resilience, employee coping, community impact, disaster management, HR professionals

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