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Guerci, Marco, Hauff, Sven, Panichella, Nazareno and Radaelli, Giovanni (2022) Sustainable HRM and class-based inequality. Personnel Review, 52 (5). pp. 1597-1613. doi:10.1108/PR-10-2021-0772 ISSN 0048-3486.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-10-2021-0772
Abstract
Purpose
This paper points out that common human resource manageement (HRM) research and practice have overlooked employee's class of origin. Workers' class of origin can be seen as “the elephant in the room” in current HRM, being that it significantly affects organizational decision-making with negative social (increased class-based inequality) and organizational (inefficient allocation of human re-sources) effects.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper summarizes the partial, fragmented and multi-disciplinary literature on HRM and employees’ social class of origin.
Findings
The paper shows how recruiting, selection, training and development practices systematically reinforce class-based inequality by providing high-class employees with more resources and opportunities compared to low-class employees.
Practical implications
The paper provides sustainable HR practitioners, educators and researchers with recommendations on how to address employees' social class of origin, improving organizational competitive advantage and reducing class-based inequality at the societal level.
Originality/value
The paper focuses on a topic which, in diversity management, is an elephant in the room (i.e. workers social class of origin).
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Operations Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Personnel management, Social stratification, Social classes, Discrimination in employment, Equality | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Personnel Review | ||||||||
Publisher: | Emerald Group Publishing Limited | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0048-3486 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 2 June 2022 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 52 | ||||||||
Number: | 5 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1597-1613 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1108/PR-10-2021-0772 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | Copyright © 2022, Marco Guerci, Sven Hauff, Nazareno Panichella and Giovanni Radaelli. This AAM is provided for your own personal use only. It may not be used for resale, reprinting, systematic distribution, emailing, or for any other commercial purpose without the permission of the publisher. | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2022, Marco Guerci, Sven Hauff, Nazareno Panichella and Giovanni Radaelli | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 6 June 2022 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 July 2022 | ||||||||
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