Colorful Human Resource Management: What Are We Talking About?

• Authors: Bogusława Urbanniak

Title variants

PL

Kolorowe zarządzanie zasobami ludzkimi – o czym mówimy?

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Sustainability determines activities not only at the macroeconomic level, but most of all at the company level. Its assumptions are translated into reality by the green economy, the development of which is supported in organizations by human resource management. This article presents a HRM trend that has been developing for around thirty years and that literature refers to as Green HRM (GHRM). The notion of GHRM and its terminology are presented on the basis of a brief overview of studies. Also explained is why human resource management in a sustainability–oriented company is distinct enough to justify the introduction of a new term—green HRM.

PL

Zrównoważony rozwój jest wyznacznikiem działań podejmowanych nie tylko w ujęciu makrogospodarczym, ale przede wszystkim na poziomie przedsiębiorstw. Praktycznym urzeczywistnieniem jego założeń zajmuje się zielona gospodarka, której rozwój na poziomie organizacyjnym wspiera zarządzanie zasobami ludzkimi. Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie trendu w obszarze ZZL, który rozwija się od około 30 lat, zwanego w literaturze przedmiotu zielonym ZZL (Green HRM – GHRM). W artykule dokonano krótkiego przeglądu literatury, pozwalającego przedstawić pojęcie GHRM oraz pokrewne terminy, a także objaśnić, na czym polega odmienność zarządzania zasobami ludzkimi w firmach dążących do zrównoważonego rozwoju, które upoważnia do wprowadzenia nowego terminu, jakim jest zielone ZZL.

Keywords

EN

green HRM; green economy; sustainable development

PL

zielone ZZL; zielona gospodarka; zrównoważony rozwój

• Publisher: Institute of Labor and Social Studies, Warsaw
• Journal: Zarządzanie Zasobami Ludzkimi
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 6(119) - Green Human Resource Management [Zielone Zarządzanie Zasobami Ludzkimi]
• Pages: 9-19

Dates

published

2017-12-15

Contributors

author

Bogusława Urbanniak

• Institute of Applied Economics and Information Technology of the University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland

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EISSN

2543-4411