Building sustainable societies through human-centred human resource management: emerging issues and research opportunities

In this paper, we argue that adopting a human-centred approach to human resource management (HRM) will contribute to building sustainable workforces, organizations, communities and societies against a backdrop of a global pandemic and political and economic uncertainty. The economic and social cost...

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Published in:International journal of human resource management 2022, Vol.33 (1), p.1-15
Main Authors: Cooke, Fang Lee, Dickmann, Michael, Parry, Emma
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Climate action
Digital technology
Economic inequality
Economics
Employee assistance programme
employee wellbeing
fairness and voice
human capital
Human resource management
Human resources management
human-centred HRM
Labor market
Pandemics
Qualitative research
Recovery
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomics
Sustainability
sustainable development goals
Technology
Uncertainty
Workplaces
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Summary:In this paper, we argue that adopting a human-centred approach to human resource management (HRM) will contribute to building sustainable workforces, organizations, communities and societies against a backdrop of a global pandemic and political and economic uncertainty. The economic and social cost of the pandemic will continue to be felt for years to come, and the road to recovery should be human-centred and sustainable, with built-in climate actions as part of the socio-economic rejuvenation programme. We draw on several cross-cutting themes to illustrate how the use of digital technology and how remote working, for example, may impact workers from different socio-economic backgrounds in diverse ways. We call for researchers to engage in in-depth qualitative research to identify new phenomena related to work and HRM in the context of accelerating adoption of digital technology and post-Covid recovery to explore power dynamics and forms of exclusion in the labour market and workplaces. Findings of these studies can contribute to positive policy actions to prevent the exacerbation of existing socio-economic inequality and exclusion. They will also contribute to new ways of conceptualizing HRM models and practices and extending HRM theories.
ISSN:0958-5192
1466-4399
DOI:10.1080/09585192.2021.2021732