Human Resource Management Practices and Decent Work in UN Global Compact: A Qualitative Analysis of Participants’ Reports

Anabela Magalhães (), Nuno Rebelo dos Santos and Leonor Pais
Additional contact information
Anabela Magalhães: Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-115 Coimbra, Portugal
Nuno Rebelo dos Santos: Department of Psychology, Research Centre in Education and Psychology (CIEP-UÉ), Universidade de Évora, 7002-554 Évora, Portugal
Leonor Pais: Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC), Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-115 Coimbra, Portugal

Social Sciences, 2024, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-17

Abstract: This study aims at describing and characterizing the Human Resources practices (HRPs), as reported by organizations within the framework of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). That endeavor was undertaken considering the concept of decent work (DW). Specifically, we intended to analyze and verify to what extent those practices translate and incorporate the concept of DW to build a typology of commitment levels by organizations regarding the values behind UNGC. We conducted a documentary analysis on 40 annual reports of Portuguese organizations’ participants of the UNGC. A qualitative content analysis using NVivo and a descriptive and cluster analysis based on coding similarity were performed. One output of this research is the design of a maturity typology of adhesion to the UNCG. Four levels were identified, reflecting expressed concerns with DW concepts and the UNGC Ten Principles and its integration into HRP. This research reflects the concerns of Human Resources Management (HRM) with the wellbeing, development, and conditions of employees and may support the design of future research and interventions, leading to more responsible and ethical HRM practices.

Keywords: decent work; United Nations Global Compact; human resources management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/13/1/56/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/13/1/56/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:13:y:2024:i:1:p:56-:d:1319432

Access Statistics for this article

Social Sciences is currently edited by Ms. Yvonne Chu

More articles in Social Sciences from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().