The central role of human resource management in the search for sustainable organizations
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The aim of this article is to present the main contributions of human resource management to develop sustainable organizations. The relationship between human resources and organizational sustainability, which is based on economical, social and environmental performance, involves some important aspects concerning management such as innovation, cultural diversity and the environment. The integration of items from the triple bottom line approach leads to developing a model based on a strategic and central posture of human resource management. Based on this model, propositions and recommendations for future research on this theme are presented.
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There is increasing interest in the role that organisational structures and processes linked to human resource management (HRM) can play in driving the successful implementation of sustainability in individual firms.
“an increasing interest in the role that organisational structures and processes linked to human resource management (HRM) can play in driving the successful implementation of sustainability in individual firms prompts us to into an additional exploration of the impact of strategic HRM and capability development on purchasing and supply chains (Jabbour & Santos 2008).”
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- Authors
- Jabbour, C. J. C., & Santos, F. C. A.
- Affiliations
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Corresponding author
- Jabbour, Charbel José Chiappetta
- Venue
- The International Journal of Human Resource Management
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2008-12
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 2133-2154
- ISSN
- 0958-5192 (ISSN-L)
- 1466-4399
- OpenAlex
- W2114165449
- Cited by
- 649
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 38.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- figshare.com
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- The International Journal of Human Resource Management (publishedVersion)
- Scientific Electronic Library Online (São Paulo Research Foundation, Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) (publishedVersion)
- Stirling Online Research Repository (University of Stirling) (submittedVersion)
- Lincoln Repository (University of Lincoln) (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Human Resource and Talent Management
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Sustainability and Innovation in Business
- Keywords
- human resource management, organizational sustainability, triple bottom line, economic performance, social performance, environmental performance, innovation, cultural diversity, strategic human resource management
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