Sustainable Human Resource Management - by Rafal Sitko (Paperback)

About the Book

Use this practical textbook to understand what sustainable HRM is, how to implement it and what the benefits are for employees, organizations, the environment and society.

Book Synopsis

Sustainable human resource management (HRM) processes and practices are not a nice-to-have, they're a need-to-have to benefit employees, organizations, societies and the environment.

Sustainability has been highlighted by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) as one of the key trends influencing the HR profession so Sustainable Human Resource Management is crucial reading for undergraduate and postgraduate HR students. It explains what sustainable HRM is, what the benefits of sustainable HRM are as well as the dangers of unsustainable HRM. It is full of examples throughout to show how sustainable HRM works in practice including how it can be used to improve candidate attraction, retention and employee engagement as well as how it can improve productivity, employer branding, company culture and drive both efficiency and business performance. There is also coverage of how sustainable HRM can be introduced and measured as well as specific guidance on sustainable HRM in different parts of the world, green HRM, responsible business, ethics and sustainable HRM as a business strategy.

Sustainable Human Resource Management is written specifically for third year undergraduate and postgraduate students with pedagogical features in each chapter including learning objectives, key concept definitions, skill check boxes, workshop discussion articles, chapter summaries, study questions and key readings. Online resources include a sample course handbook and PowerPoint slides.

Review Quotes

"Sustainable Human Resource Management is one of the most comprehensive and up to date textbooks on Sustainable HRM.Students will understand what Sustainable HRM means, how it is measured and reported on, why it is strategically relevant for organizations, what happens if sustainable HRM is ignored and how it unfolds in diverse cultural contexts. Teachers will receive a text that they can ask students to prepare before class - ideal for inverted-classroom and problem-based learning type of courses."-- "Ina Aust-Gronarz, Professor of Human Resources Management and Corporate Social Responsibility/Sustainability, University of Louvain, Belgium"

"The United Nations invites us to consider sustainability in development efforts across micro-individual, meso-organisational and macro-national levels. Rafal Sitko's book on sustainable HRM responds to the urgent need to consider stakeholder-based sustainability in framing human resource management policies and practices. The sustainable HRM volume is an unmissable read for scholars who are interested in HRM from a perspective which is wider and wiser, upholding the common good beyond narrow measures of human performance."-- "Mustafa F. Özbilgin, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Brunel Business School, UK"

"This is an outstanding book about Sustainable Human Resource Management which not only explains the theoretical and practical aspects of the discipline, but also engages students with its discussion of the complexities and developments in a range of geographical regions. The examples, discussion questions and ideas for workshops bring the various aspects of Sustainable HRM alive and enable students to understand its complexities and its scope. This book is a welcome addition to the literature on Sustainable HRM."-- "Robin Kramar, adjunct Professor, University of Notre Dame, France"

About the Author

Dr Rafal Sitko is the Global Coordinator for a postgraduate course Sustainable HRM at Heriot-Watt University. He is also the Global Programme Director for the MA in International Business Administration and is an Assistant Professor in Business Management. Based in Edinburgh, he has more than 10 years' teaching and research experience in different areas of human resource management.