Consolidating human resource management through corporate social responsibility practices in central and Southeastern Europe

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Author	Iamandi, Irina-Eugenia Constantin, Laura-Gabriela
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	There is a broad consensus in nowadays management theory and practice that the human resources stand for the main success factor of a company in reinforcing its competitiveness in the international business environment. In line with this consideration, the purpose of our paper consists in emphasizing the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices in the area of human resource management (HRM) for strengthening the competitiveness of companies in Central and Southeastern Europe. In this sense, our research focuses on top companies by turnover in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia, for which we determined a composite index of CSR-HR in order to compare the corporate engagement in a set of employees-related issues. The main aspects that we took into account envisage the following: improvement of labour conditions and job satisfaction, work-private life balance, equal opportunities and promotion of diversity, personnel training and development, participation of employees in the decision-making process, fair payment and financial support for employees. The main findings reflect that the economic performance of the companies encourages the overall CSR measures targeting the employees in the companies from Central and Southeastern Europe countries. Detailed findings on the corresponding components of the CSR-HR index are also presented. The paper ends with strategic recommendations for increasing corporate competitiveness in Central and Southeastern Europe through CSR-HR continuum.
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