Key research themes
1. How is strategic human resource management evolving to address organizational performance and employee experience?
This theme explores the maturation of human resource management (HRM) from traditional personnel functions to a strategic discipline deeply integrated with organizational effectiveness, underlying frameworks, and employee-centric outcomes. It captures the transition from isolated HR practices towards systemic approaches that align human capital with organizational goals, accounting for contextual and cross-cultural factors.
2. What emerging roles and capabilities are needed for HRM to manage future organizational challenges?
This theme investigates how HRM roles must evolve in response to rapid environmental complexity, technological advances, and demographic transformations. It focuses on managing cultural shifts, talent acquisition and retention, employee well-being, organizational agility, and integration of new technologies to maintain competitiveness and organizational sustainability in volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) contexts.
3. How do ethical frameworks and corporate social responsibility shape the management of internal stakeholders within human resource practices?
This research area examines the intersection of corporate social responsibility (CSR), business ethics, and labor relations, focusing on how organizations manage their internal stakeholders, primarily employees, through ethical conduct, responsible policies, and adherence to global compact guidelines. It investigates how ethical principles influence employee relations and organizational legitimacy.