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Sustainable HRM and well-being: systematic review and future research agenda

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Faisal Qamar ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-4916-8229 1 ,
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Salman Anwar Rana 1

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This paper attempts to undertake a systematic literature review to identify ways and means by which sustainable human resource management (HRM) and well-being are linked for better individual and organizational outcomes. Its primary focus is to study whether sustainable HRM predicts well-being at work? If yes, how and when this prediction takes place? Systematic computerized search and review were conducted for articles published until December 2022. A total of 134 research articles were finally selected. It was found that sustainable HRM predicts well-being at work. However, our findings suggest that the area is largely underexplored and empirical work is too rare. Although few moderators and mediators are examined, research is required to propose and test more comprehensive models with more robust research designs and sophisticated theoretical links.

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Creating Sustainable Human Resource Management Systems for High-Performance Work Culture

Practitioner’s View on Sustainability and HRM

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