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A Model for Implementing a Sustainability Strategy through HRM Practices
Author(s) -
Buller Paul F.,
McEvoy Glenn M.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
business and society review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1467-8594
pISSN - 0045-3609
DOI - 10.1111/basr.12099
Subject(s) - sustainability , triple bottom line , knowledge management , conceptual model , process management , business , human resource management , resource (disambiguation) , conceptual framework , management science , computer science , sociology , economics , ecology , computer network , social science , database , biology
There is a rapidly growing interest in the topic of sustainability as it relates to long‐term business performance that optimizes the “triple bottom line”: economic, environmental, and social outcomes. This article articulates a multilevel conceptual model for executing a business strategy for sustainability primarily through the design and implementation of human resource management practices. The model builds on open systems theory, the resource based view of the firm, and the concept of line of sight to identify certain key organizational capabilities, group competencies, and individual abilities and other characteristics that combine to drive organizational performance when pursuing a sustainability strategy. The article concludes with a discussion of implications of the model for theory, research, and practice.