Sustainable HRM Practices
HR & WorkReliability: alpha 0.924 sample items
About this scale
A multi-item measure of sustainable HRM practices that simultaneously support economic, social, and environmental goals — including long-term oriented hiring, lifelong learning, work-life balance, employee voice, and environmental practices.
Sample item(s)
“My organization invests in long-term employee development”
“My organization supports work-life balance”
“My organization actively gathers employee voice on important decisions”
“My organization integrates environmental considerations into HR practices”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.92. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Increasingly used in 2020s ESG-aligned HRM research.
Source & citation
Stahl, G. K., Brewster, C. J., Collings, D. G., & Hajro, A. (2020): Enhancing the role of human resource management in corporate sustainability and social responsibility: A multi-stakeholder, multidimensional approach to HRM. Human Resource Management Review, Vol. 30, No. 3, Article 100708.
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