The central role of human resource management in the search for sustainable organizations

Abstract

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.

Keywords:

• cultural diversity
• environmental management
• human resource management
• innovation
• sustainable development
• sustainable organizations

Acknowledgement

The authors would like to acknowledge the helpful comments of anonymous referees in an earlier version of this paper.