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A Literature Review of the COVID-19 Pandemic’s Effect on Sustainable HRM

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posted on 2023-08-22, 00:11 authored by X Liang, Xiwei ZhangXiwei Zhang, R Paulet, LJ Zheng
The ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to emerge across all facets of the world of work, including the field of human resource management (HRM). Sustainable HRM, drawing on the triple bottom line elements of the economic, environmental and social pillars of sustainability, provides an ideal basis from which to understand the intersection of the COVID-19 pandemic and HRM. In this systematic literature review, we analyze peer reviewed articles published in the nexus of the pandemic and sustainable HRM, identifying the dimensions and extent of research in this topical area of study. Our CEDEL model—complicator–exposer–disruptor–enabler– legitimizer—conceptualizes our understanding of the role of COVID-19 in sustainable HRM. This paper provides a framework from which future studies can benefit when investigating the impacts of COVID-19, and a comprehensive identification of future research avenues.

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Publication Date

2022-02-23

Journal

Sustainability

Volume

14

Issue

5

Article Number

2579

Pagination

26p.

Publisher

MDPI

ISSN

2071-1050

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© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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