Sustainable human resources management: A study in Turkey context

This study attempts to indicate a general framework about the Sustainable Human Resources works of businesses in Turkey by discussing its conceptual aspect. For this purpose, the meaning and content of sustainable HR, its prominent aspects and current situation of the applications in businesses are questioned. The study has been carried out with the explanatory design, which is a mixture of qualitative and quantitative methods. The data is collected in 3 stages. In the first stage, the content analysis of the sustainability reports of sample businesses are carried out by using Maxqda within the context of HRM. The samples of this stage consist of the sustainability reports of 93 businesses taking place on kurumsalsurdurulebilirlik.com and BIST Sustainability Index. In the second stage, with the participation of academicians and HRM experts Delphi method has been implemented and carried out in 3 rounds. The samples of this stage consist of 11 HRM experts working in businesses having a sustainability awareness and 11 academicians whose professions are Administration and Organization. The data obtained from Delphi method study have been analyzed by descriptive and statistical techniques. In the third and last stage, the current situation of the applications of Sustainable HRM has been questioned by using Sustainable HRM questionnaire developed with the findings of the prior studies. The samples of this stage are businesses publishing sustainability reports and 131 HRM experts working in institutions taking place on kurumsalsurdurulebilirlik.com and BIST Sustainability Index. Depending on the findings of this study, it has been determined that there are five sub-dimensions of Sustainable HR. These dimensions are "the development and happiness of the employee", "the sustainable employment policies", "moving from paper based to digital processing", "flexibility applications", "environmental awareness". The Sustainable HR has been evaluated as a concept which is required to be speculated together with macro subjects such as society and ecology by a value chain understanding.