Sustainable Human Resource Management

Abstract

Sustainable HRM (SHRM) is a new approach to people management, focusing on long-term HRM, regeneration, and renewal. It helps firms attract and retain high-quality employees: by integrating SHRM practices into their employee value proposition, firms establish unique, attractive employer brands. Socially Responsible HRM, Green HRM, Triple Bottom Line HRM, and Common Good HRM are types of SHRM. Especially these characteristics of SHRM matter: Long-term orientation, care for employees, environment, profitability, employee participation and social dialogue, employee development, external partnership, flexibility, compliance beyond labor regulations, employee cooperation, fairness, equality. SHRM is based on sustainable HR policies, such as management of employment relationships, prevention, health and safety at work, training and continuous development, diversity and equal opportunities, fair remuneration and social benefits, communication, transparency, social dialogue, attraction, and retention of employees, work–family balance. The paper presents a possible requisitely holistic model of SHRM.