Drivers and Barriers in Socially Responsible Human Resource Management

作者：Barrena Martinez Jesus^*; Lopez Fernandez Macarena; Romero Fernandez Pedro M

来源：Sustainability, 2018, 10(5): 1532.

DOI：10.3390/su10051532

• corporate social responsibility
• human resource management
• socially responsible human resource management
• social integrative approach
• stakeholder theory

The current recession has caused a large number of companies to reevaluate their valuable resources and ways to preserve and invest those resources. Given the relevance of employees as key stakeholders, developing a socially responsible orientation in human resource management for taking care of workers and their needs must be an essential process for business success. This study, based on stakeholder theory and a social integrative approach, examines the main drivers and barriers in the implementation of socially responsible actions in human resource management. The research uses a quantitative analysis based on questionnaires responded to by 85 human resource managers from large Spanish companies. We conclude that there are two significant drivers of socially responsible actions in human resource management (HRM): access to public subsidies and the improvement of the working environment. The main significant barriers highlighted by human resource managers are conflicts in decisions with boards and/or management teams and the lack of employees' acceptance. The professional implications of the research are discussed at the end of the paper.

• 出版日期2018-5