The Elgar Companion to Human Resource Management Beyond the Sustainable Development Goals
Will be published approx. on 6. November 2025
Book
Hardback
480 pages
978-1-0353-0871-2 (ISBN)
Description
This timely Companion explores the connection between the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Human Resource Management (HRM), the SDG-HRM nexus. Expert contributors explore in-depth this developing area for HRM research and practice, analyzing how businesses and HRM can support progress towards and beyond the 17 SDGs, and how these efforts benefit employees and organizations.
Chapters bring together academics and practitioners in the field to share thought-provoking conceptual and empirical insights into how HRM can contribute to the SDGs and address global challenges by seizing local opportunities across different geographic and cultural contexts. Including implications for quantitative and qualitative research, the Companion provides examples of managing people in organizations and presents a state-of-the-art overview to develop an agenda for future research. It responds to the need for HRM professionals to guide organizations and individuals through pressing, complex challenges using a more human-centered approach that respects planetary boundaries.
This Companion is a fundamental resource for scholars and students of Human Resource Management corporate sustainability, strategic management, leadership, public management, and cross-cultural management. Practitioners and policymakers in the field will also benefit from its practical insights.
Chapters bring together academics and practitioners in the field to share thought-provoking conceptual and empirical insights into how HRM can contribute to the SDGs and address global challenges by seizing local opportunities across different geographic and cultural contexts. Including implications for quantitative and qualitative research, the Companion provides examples of managing people in organizations and presents a state-of-the-art overview to develop an agenda for future research. It responds to the need for HRM professionals to guide organizations and individuals through pressing, complex challenges using a more human-centered approach that respects planetary boundaries.
This Companion is a fundamental resource for scholars and students of Human Resource Management corporate sustainability, strategic management, leadership, public management, and cross-cultural management. Practitioners and policymakers in the field will also benefit from its practical insights.
Reviews / Votes
'Aust, Cooke and Semeijn have taken a sprawling international literature and neatly connected the HRM and SDG dots. This book is bursting with case examples - successful and unsuccessful - that demonstrate the challenges in transforming SDGs from inspirational objectives to implementable change initiatives. Readers will appreciate the volume's global perspectives, rigorous scholarship, and practical recommendations.' -- Carol T. Kulik, University of South Australia, Australia 'This is an excellent book that is invaluable to everyone who is deeply committed to understanding and advancing the field of Human Resource Management in these challenging times. The editors have outstanding careers in HRM and know the field extremely well. Fortunately for us they have gathered a superb collection of highly qualified authors who contributed outstanding chapters to help all readers become aware of the issues associated with taking HRM beyond the Sustainable Development Goals.' -- Randall S. Schuler, Rutgers University, USA and University of Lucerne, SwitzerlandMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0353-0871-2 (9781035308712)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Edited by Ina Aust, Professor of Human Resource Management and Corporate Social Responsibility/Sustainability, Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organizations (LouRIM), Universite catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Belgium, Fang Lee Cooke, Professor of Human Resource Management and Asia Studies, Department of Management, Monash Business School, Monash University, Australia and Judith Semeijn, Professor of Sustainable HRM, Faculty of Management, Open Universiteit, the Netherlands
Content
Contents
1 Introduction 1
Ina Aust, Fang Lee Cooke and Judith Semeijn
PART I THE SDG-HRM NEXUS
2 "No poverty" (SDG 1), "Zero hunger" (SDG 2) and HRM 16
Chandima Hettiarchchi, Sepideh Parsa and Ian Roper
3 "Good health and well-being for all" (SDG 3) and HRM 30
David E. Guest
4 "Quality education for all" (SDG 4) and HRM 46
Judith Semeijn and Beatrice van der Heijden
5 "Gender equality" (SDG 5) and HRM 60
Astrid Reichel and Marie-Therese Claes
6 "Environment" (SDGs 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, and 15) and HRM 73
Shuang Ren , Andrea Kim , Sajia Ferdous,, Hanbo Shim, and Susan E. Jackson
7 '"Decent work and economic growth'" (SDG 8) and HRM 88
Brian Matthews and Tom Baum
8 "Peace, justice and strong institutions" (SDG16) and HRM 101
Camilla Scola, Angela Ocampo, and Matthieu de Nanteuil
9 "Partnerships for the Goals" (SDG 17) and HRM 117
Peggy De Prins and Kirsten Vanderplanken
10 Practical challenges and opportunities at the SDGs-HRM nexus 133
Paul Baldassari, Sharawn Tipton, and Sarah Albert
PART II REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE SDG-HRM NEXUS
11 SDGs and HRM in Sub-Saharan Africa 149
Aminu Mamman, Bala Yusuf Yunusa, Nafisatu Irene Okhade, and
Emmanuel Yeboah-Assiamah
12 SDGs and HRM in the Arab countries of the Middle East and North
Africa 168
Katharina Kilian-Yasin
13 SDGs and HRM in East Asia 184
Fang Lee Cooke, Katsuyuki Kubo and Byoung-Hoon Lee
14 SDGs and HRM in Southeast Asia (ASEAN) 201
Wes Harry
15 SDGs and HRM in Central and Eastern European Countries 218
Asta Savanevicienc and Zivilc Stankevicictc
16 SDGs and HRM in Southern Europe 235
Rosalia Diaz-Carrion, Alvaro Lopez-Cabrales, Macarena Lopez-
Fernandez, and Susana Pasamar
17 SDGs and HRM in Northern and Western Europe 258
Mick Brookes and Chris Brewster
18 SDGs and HRM in Australia and New Zealand 271
Joe Cooper, Fiona Edgar*, Nataliya Podgorodnichenko, and Lynnaire
Sheridan
PART III THEORIZING ON THE SDG-HRM NEXUS
19 SDGs and HRM from a global development perspective 288
Rory Donnelly
20 SDGs and HRM from a comparative institutional theory perspective 302
Christine Bischoff and Geoffrey Wood
21 Innovation for SDGs and implications for HRM 313
Fang Lee Cooke
22 SDGs and HRM from a critical theory perspective 326
Marco Guerci and Luca Carollo
23 SDGs and HRM from a changing purpose of the firm perspective 341
Brian Matthews, Michael Muller-Camen, and Michal Lemanski
24 SDGs and HRM from a paradox theory perspective 354
Ina Aust and Anja Shadabi
PART IV TWIN TRANSFORMATION AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
25 An "'SDG first"' agenda for the development and deployment of AI in
HRM 374
Anne Keegan
26 Quantitative research on SDGs and HRM 388
Philip Yang
27 Qualitative research on SDGs and HRM: Is scenario planning a game-
changer? 400
Laverne Chore and Julia Brandl
28 Advancing the SDGs through HRM research 416
Fang Lee Cooke, Judith Semeijn and Ina Aust
Appendix 1 433
1 Introduction 1
Ina Aust, Fang Lee Cooke and Judith Semeijn
PART I THE SDG-HRM NEXUS
2 "No poverty" (SDG 1), "Zero hunger" (SDG 2) and HRM 16
Chandima Hettiarchchi, Sepideh Parsa and Ian Roper
3 "Good health and well-being for all" (SDG 3) and HRM 30
David E. Guest
4 "Quality education for all" (SDG 4) and HRM 46
Judith Semeijn and Beatrice van der Heijden
5 "Gender equality" (SDG 5) and HRM 60
Astrid Reichel and Marie-Therese Claes
6 "Environment" (SDGs 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, and 15) and HRM 73
Shuang Ren , Andrea Kim , Sajia Ferdous,, Hanbo Shim, and Susan E. Jackson
7 '"Decent work and economic growth'" (SDG 8) and HRM 88
Brian Matthews and Tom Baum
8 "Peace, justice and strong institutions" (SDG16) and HRM 101
Camilla Scola, Angela Ocampo, and Matthieu de Nanteuil
9 "Partnerships for the Goals" (SDG 17) and HRM 117
Peggy De Prins and Kirsten Vanderplanken
10 Practical challenges and opportunities at the SDGs-HRM nexus 133
Paul Baldassari, Sharawn Tipton, and Sarah Albert
PART II REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE SDG-HRM NEXUS
11 SDGs and HRM in Sub-Saharan Africa 149
Aminu Mamman, Bala Yusuf Yunusa, Nafisatu Irene Okhade, and
Emmanuel Yeboah-Assiamah
12 SDGs and HRM in the Arab countries of the Middle East and North
Africa 168
Katharina Kilian-Yasin
13 SDGs and HRM in East Asia 184
Fang Lee Cooke, Katsuyuki Kubo and Byoung-Hoon Lee
14 SDGs and HRM in Southeast Asia (ASEAN) 201
Wes Harry
15 SDGs and HRM in Central and Eastern European Countries 218
Asta Savanevicienc and Zivilc Stankevicictc
16 SDGs and HRM in Southern Europe 235
Rosalia Diaz-Carrion, Alvaro Lopez-Cabrales, Macarena Lopez-
Fernandez, and Susana Pasamar
17 SDGs and HRM in Northern and Western Europe 258
Mick Brookes and Chris Brewster
18 SDGs and HRM in Australia and New Zealand 271
Joe Cooper, Fiona Edgar*, Nataliya Podgorodnichenko, and Lynnaire
Sheridan
PART III THEORIZING ON THE SDG-HRM NEXUS
19 SDGs and HRM from a global development perspective 288
Rory Donnelly
20 SDGs and HRM from a comparative institutional theory perspective 302
Christine Bischoff and Geoffrey Wood
21 Innovation for SDGs and implications for HRM 313
Fang Lee Cooke
22 SDGs and HRM from a critical theory perspective 326
Marco Guerci and Luca Carollo
23 SDGs and HRM from a changing purpose of the firm perspective 341
Brian Matthews, Michael Muller-Camen, and Michal Lemanski
24 SDGs and HRM from a paradox theory perspective 354
Ina Aust and Anja Shadabi
PART IV TWIN TRANSFORMATION AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
25 An "'SDG first"' agenda for the development and deployment of AI in
HRM 374
Anne Keegan
26 Quantitative research on SDGs and HRM 388
Philip Yang
27 Qualitative research on SDGs and HRM: Is scenario planning a game-
changer? 400
Laverne Chore and Julia Brandl
28 Advancing the SDGs through HRM research 416
Fang Lee Cooke, Judith Semeijn and Ina Aust
Appendix 1 433