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The Link Between Sustainability Reporting and the Core Characteristics of Sustainable Human Resource Management

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|Dec 2021

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A Demonstration of Content Analysis and Scoring

Characteristics of Sustainable HRThe Core AspectsYAPI VE KREDİSCORES
Long-term orientationIdentification of the availability of human resources in the future; identification of the needs of the future employees; elimination of the “hire and fire” approachCompetent workers with future skills, carrier orientation and planning (Very Exhaustive)4
Care of employeesHealth and safety management; work–life balanceWork–life balance, Health and Safety Management policies, family violence support mechanisms (Very Exhaustive)4
Care of environmentEvaluating the employee performance according to environment-related criteria; fostering “eco-career”; employee rewarding according to environment-related criteriaNot mentioned0
ProfitabilityShare programsWage Payment Systems, technical and developmental performance evaluation, bonuses (Exhaustive)3
Employee participation and social dialogueDifferent types and forms of participationEmployee participation, strong social communication, club activities, worker voluntariness activities (Very Exhaustive)4
Employee developmentJob rotation; different training forms and methods; the transfer of experience; focus on future skills and employabilityFuture skills and employability, job rotation, apprenticeship and job training, talent management policies and programs, education academy, worker satisfaction (Very Exhaustive)4
External partnershipCooperation with education system; partnership with all external stakeholdersPartnership and strong communication with universities, apprenticeship programs, partnership with all external stakeholders (Very Exhaustive)4
FlexibilityFlexible working arrangements; job rotationFlexibility and job rotation (Limited)2
Compliance beyond labour regulationsInvolves employee representatives in many decision-making processes beyond those for which worker participation is a statutory requirement; financial and nonfinancial supportParticipatory management, integrating the personnel in decision-making processes through a Bank-Labour Union Common Board Mechanism(Exhaustive)3
Employee cooperationTeamwork; good relationships of managers and employeesStrong internal communication, consultancy mechanism, HR Support Call Centre, Digital Internal Communications Platforms (Very Exhaustive)4
Fairness and equalityFostering diversity; respectful relationships; fairness as regards as remuneration, careerFreedom, respect, fairness, transparency and trust-based culture, opportunity of equality, diversity, Female Labour Force Statistics (Very Frequent)4
TOTAL SCORE36

Scores Achieved from Core Characteristics of Sustainable HR

NAME OF THE BANKTOTAL SCORESCLASSIFIED SCORES
PEOPLE-ORIENTED SCORESPROCESS-ORIENTED SCORES
YAPI VE KREDI362313
HALKBANK291712
VAKIFBANK251411
AKBANK22157
GARANTİ BBVA20155
İŞ BANKASI19145
ŞEKERBANK945

Content Analysis Details of Şekerbank

Characteristics of Sustainable of HRThe Core AspectsŞEKERBANKSCORES
Long-term orientationIdentification of the availability of human resources in the future; identification of the needs of the future employees; elimination of the “hire and fire” approachNot mentioned0
Care of employeesHealth and safety management; work–life balanceOccupational Health and Safety (Very Limited)1
Care of environmentEvaluating the employee performance according to environment-related criteria; fostering “eco-career”; employee rewarding according to environment-related criteriaScoreCard, Environment-related project (Very limited)1
ProfitabilityShare programsNot mentioned0
Employee participation and social dialogueDifferent types and forms of participationCooperation with nongovernmental organisations (Very limited)1
Employee developmentJob rotation; different training forms and methods; the transfer of experience; focus on future skills and employabilityTraining and Development, remote learning (Limited)2
External partnershipCooperation with education system; partnership with all external stakeholdersCooperation with nongovernmental organisations (Very Limited)1
FlexibilityFlexible working arrangements; job rotationFlexible working hours (Very Limited)1
Compliance beyond labour regulationsInvolves employee representatives in many decision-making processes beyond those for which worker participation is a statutory requirement; financial and nonfinancial support%40 unionised employees (Very Limited)1
Employee cooperationTeamwork; good relationships of managers and employeesNot mentioned0
Fairness and equalityFostering diversity; respectful relationships; fair remuneration, careerEqual opportunity principles (Very Limited)1

HR Activities and HR Orientations

PROCESS ORIENTATIONPEOPLE ORIENTATION
Recruitment and staffingEmployee well-being
Performance managementSafety
Compensation and benefitsPsychological status
Talent management and developmentJob satisfaction
Training and developmentCoping with stress
Leadership developmentHealth conditions
CommunicationWork–life balance

Integrated Structure for Sustainable HR Characteristics and HR Orientation Dimensions (Classification of Characteristics Based on HR Orientations)

PROCESS-ORIENTED SUSTAINABLE HR CHARACTERISTICSPEOPLE-ORIENTED SUSTAINABLE HR CHARACTERISTICS
Care of environmentLong-term orientation
ProfitabilityCare of employees (safety and health)
Employee developmentEmployee participation
External partnershipCompliance beyond labour regulations
FlexibilityEmployee cooperation
Fairness and equality

Scores Achieved by Banks from Each Characteristic

Characteristics of Sustainable HRMSCORES
Long-term orientation17
Care of employees18
Care of environment5
Profitability13
Employee participation and social dialogue17
Employee development20
External partnership16
Flexibility4
Compliance beyond labour regulations16
Employee cooperation16
Fairness and equality18

Scoring System of Core Sustainable HR Characteristics

SCORESLEVELSEXPLANATIONS
0Not mentionedCore aspects are not included
1Very limitedCore aspects are poorly included
2LimitedCore aspects are included by some quantitative data only, such as statistics or tables
3ExhaustiveCore aspects are included as detailed descriptions, graphs, statistics under most of the headings
4Very exhaustiveNearly all different types of core aspects are well reported, explicitly expressed, and very well detailed under different headings
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijcm-2021-0010 | Journal eISSN: 2449-8939 | Journal ISSN: 2449-8920
Language: English
Page range: 15 - 24
Published on: Dec 13, 2021
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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