RT Generic
T1 The impact of employment relationships on firm sustainability [Dataset]
A1 Rincón Roldán, Francisco
A1 López Cabrales, Álvaro
K1 Sustainable HRM
K1 Employment relationships
K1 Mutual investment
K1 Quasi spot contract
K1 Overinvestment
K1 Underinvestment
K1 Economic
K1 Social and environmental sustainability
AB Purpose – The aim of this study was to analyse the influence of different employment relationships (ERs) on the sustainability results of cooperatives. The authors approached the type of ER comparing the inducements offered by the firm with the contributions that the manager expects from employees. In this way, the authors study how the orientation toward the employment relationship influences the economic, social and environmental sustainability of the firm.Design/methodology/approach – This article presents a theoretical and empirical research model about the relationship between ERs and sustainability. The necessary information was obtained through a questionnaire that was completed by the human resource (HR) managers and chief executive officers (CEOs) of 124 cooperative companies, and structural equation modelling was applied to evaluate the relationships between the proposed constructs, using the partial least squares technique (PLS-SEM).Findings – The obtained results suggest that mutual investment and overinvestment ERs favour economic, social and environmental sustainability, whereas quasi spot contract and underinvestment ERs have a negative influence on all three types of sustainability. Therefore, it is confirmed that the type of ER adopted can condition the sustainability of the company, either favouring or worsening it.Originality/value – This work contributes to covering the lack of studies about which ERs impact the sustainability of organisations, and it provides information on the role of ERs in the search for a moresustainable organisation, demonstrating that the type of employment relationship developed by the firm has a relevant impact on its sustainability.
PB Emerald
SN 0142-5455
YR 2022
FD 2022-02-14
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10433/16768
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10433/16768
LA en
NO UPO
DS RIO
RD May 10, 2026