Sustainable human resource management: A proposal of comprehensive model

The significance of human resource management (HRM), which positively impacts the organization’s strategical development and sustainability, has progressively increased and has undergone a transformation throughout time. It is important to highlight that whereas literature emphasizes the role and goals of human resources for fostering sustainability, there is no widely accepted approach. Aside from considering the organization’s competitive advantages, it also takes into consideration social and environmental aspects while considering all its stakeholders. In doing so, it must also ensure its financial sustainability. Despite the existence of several fundamental methods, the absence of a comprehensive approach that encompasses every component leads to the ongoing discussions in the literature on sustainable HRM. Furthermore, the sustainable human resources literature lacks to address the impact of institutional pressures, resulting in an insufficient approach. In this study, many core approaches and alternative perspectives in literature have been evaluated from a comprehensive perspective, leading to the development of a recommended approach which institutional pressures were added.