Gestión sostenible de los recursos humanos y resiliencia empresarial en el contexto pandémico

  1. Francisco Javier Jimeno de la Maza 1
  2. Mercedes Redondo Cristóbal 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Valladolid
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    Universidad de Valladolid

    Valladolid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01fvbaw18

Journal:
Revista de Trabajo y Seguridad Social. CEF

ISSN: 2792-8314,  2792-8322

Year of publication: 2024

Issue: 478

Pages: 219-245

Type: Article

DOI: 10.51302/RTSS.2024.3377 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

More publications in: Revista de Trabajo y Seguridad Social. CEF

Abstract

As sustainability engagement approaches has recently gained attention in the business world, there has also been a growing interest in the integration of sustainability in the area of human resources, especially in the so called "sustainable human resource management". This paper aims to analyze whether corporate practices and actions in human resources sustainability have influenced organizational resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. To this end, we have selected a large sample of Spanish companies, with available data referring to projections of sustainability scores provided by a specialized rating agency. These scores measure eleven different sustainability dimensions related to sustainability in the human resources management practices. Our results suggest that some initiatives in sustainable human resource management may have had a dampening effect on the impact on those companies that have implemented such actions. This impact is particularly significant in controlling high levels of leverage during the pandemic period.

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