Gestión sostenible de los recursos humanos y resiliencia empresarial en el contexto pandémico

Francisco Javier  Jimeno de la Maza; Mercedes Redondo Cristóbal

doi:10.51302/rtss.2024.3377

Authors

Francisco Javier Jimeno de la Maza Profesor del Departamento de Economía Financiera y Contabilidad. Universidad de Valladolid (España) https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9840-9347
Mercedes Redondo Cristóbal Profesora del Departamento de Economía Financiera y Contabilidad. Universidad de Valladolid (España) https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2531-0076

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51302/rtss.2024.3377

Keywords:

corporate sustainability, sustainable management, human resources, organizational resilience, Spanish companies, COVID-19, pandemic crisis

Abstract

As sustainability engagement approaches has recently gained attention in the business world, there has also been a growing interest in the integration of sustainability in the area of human resources, especially in the so called "sustainable human resource management". This paper aims to analyze whether corporate practices and actions in human resources sustainability have influenced organizational resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. To this end, we have selected a large sample of Spanish companies, with available data referring to projections of sustainability scores provided by a specialized rating agency. These scores measure eleven different sustainability dimensions related to sustainability in the human resources management practices. Our results suggest that some initiatives in sustainable human resource management may have had a dampening effect on the impact on those companies that have implemented such actions. This impact is particularly significant in controlling high levels of leverage during the pandemic period.

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Author Biographies

Francisco Javier Jimeno de la Maza, Profesor del Departamento de Economía Financiera y Contabilidad. Universidad de Valladolid (España)

Funcionario de carrera del Cuerpo Superior Económico-Financiero de Castilla y León, en excedencia. Doctor por la Universidad de Valladolid, con premio extraordinario. Profesor del Departamento de Economía Financiera y Contabilidad de la Universidad de Valladolid. Su línea de investigación se relaciona principalmente con la sostenibilidad y la diversidad de género en el gobierno corporativo, habiendo recibido sus trabajos distintos reconocimientos y distinciones en el ámbito nacional e internacional. https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9840-9347

Mercedes Redondo Cristóbal, Profesora del Departamento de Economía Financiera y Contabilidad. Universidad de Valladolid (España)

Doctora por la Universidad de Valladolid, con premio extraordinario. Profesora del Departamento de Economía Financiera y Contabilidad de la Universidad de Valladolid en la Facultad de Ciencias del Trabajo, campus de Palencia. Sus principales líneas de investigación se desarrollan en el ámbito de los recursos humanos, la responsabilidad social corporativa, la sostenibilidad y la diversidad de género en las organizaciones, habiendo recibido sus trabajos distintos premios, reconocimientos y distinciones en el ámbito nacional e internacional. https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2531-0076

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