Abstract
Abstract The aim of this theoretical essay is to analyze the role of human resource (HR) management to achieve organizational sustainable competitive advantage (SCA), through the Natural Resource Based View (NRBV) perspective. We performed an exploratory-descriptive bibliographic research. We first provide key definitions to identify SCA, such as sustainability, sustainable development, and organizational sustainability. We then developed a theoretical framework integrating HR practices with NRBV strategies (pollution prevention, product stewardship, and sustainable development) in order to achieve SCA. As results, a set of propositions regarding HR management and sustainability are offered to be empirically analyzed in future research. The major contribution of this study is to offer an integrative framework of HR practices and NRBV strategies. This paper also adds value to managers by presenting ways to implement HR management for organizational sustainability achievement.
Highlights
The Conference on the Changing Atmosphere held in Canada in 1988 raised awareness about environmental responsibility, leading the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPCC) to present its first assessment report in 1990
The universe of this research is delimited by four criteria: (a) Theme – the initial search was based on Hart’s (1995) paper on Natural Resource Based View (NRBV), since we looked for every research based on NRBV, following with a search using the keywords organizational sustainability, and sustainable competitive advantage and human resource (HR) management; (b) Language – we searched for research in Portuguese and English languages; (c) Sources – in the major databases, such as EBSCO, JSTOR, and Google Scholar, the search focused on peer reviewed journals, books, and some dissertations; and, (d) Chronological parameter - the initial search was limited to the last 5 years, in the last 10 years, and some exceptions were made to include well-known authors and relevant publications
Www.anpad.org.br/rac organizational sustainability can be a powerful option for companies to achieve sustainable competitive advantage (Dubois & Dubois, 2012)
Summary
The Conference on the Changing Atmosphere held in Canada in 1988 raised awareness about environmental responsibility, leading the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPCC) to present its first assessment report in 1990. They claim that HR practices lead to sustainable competitive advantage through the context (trajectory over time), ambiguity (competitors do not think a specific HR practice is important), organizational factors (culture and structure), and social system (employees’ abilities and skills) In this sense, this theoretical essay, grounded in the natural resource based view approach (NRBV), analyzes the role HR management has in helping organizations achieve sustainable competitive advantage. Value creation is related to offering meaningful organizational differentiation to employees, consumers, and society by showing how environmental HR practices are related to sustainable competitive advantage In this sense, do organizations achieve positive outcomes, such as market recognition, and employees get to keep involved as result of high HR management work practices. The conclusion section offers a final discussion and suggestions for future research
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
