In this interview, Katerina invites Stefanie Neubauer to introduce the ideas and rationale behind three different though interrelated HRM approaches: Common Good HRM (CGHRM), Sustainable HRMand Green HRM. Stefanie describes them as value-driven, human-centered HRM perspectives and explains how they have shifted the emphasis in business scholarship and practice from a sole focus on profit toward embracing ecological and social realities, as well as social justice. She also explains how CGHRM, in particular, functions as an “outside-in” model, differentiating it from other forms of HRM. Together with Katerina, she then elaborates on what it means for an organization to adopt such an approach and how it may help organizations become sustainable workplaces of the future.

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