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Putting sustainable human resource management and workplace eudaimonic well-being into cross-cultural context

Wojtczuk‐Turek, Agnieszka, Turek, Dariusz, Jurek, Paweł, Edgar, Fiona, Okay-Somerville, Belgin, Podgorodnichenko, Nataliya, Fu, Na orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-2507-0585, J ̈arlstr ̈om, Maria, Popov, Boris, Hutchings, Paul, Sullivan, Katie, Hafstad, Marius Duhovi ́c, Shkoda, Tetiana, Savych, Oleksandr, Raeder, Sabine, Klein, Howard J. and Bosak, Janine et al. orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-5701-6538 (2026) Putting sustainable human resource management and workplace eudaimonic well-being into cross-cultural context. European Management Journal . ISSN 0263-2373

Abstract
This study examines how sustainable human resource management (HRM) impacts employee work engagement and eudaimonic well-being across cultural contexts that differ on individualism-collectivism dimension. Theoretically, the study draws from Self-Determination Theory (SDT; Ryan & Deci, 2017) and the model of culture fit (Aycan et al., 1999). Using data from 14,502 employees nested in 54 countries working in a variety of positions across different sectors, we found support for our hypothesized model—that is, sustainable HRM was positively related to employee eudaimonic well-being via enhanced work engagement. The study found that one moderating effect—the relationship between work engagement and eudaimonic well-being—was stronger in countries that are more individualistic rather than collectivistic. The findings provide support for the universality of the SDT-based approach to understanding employee experiences based on sustainable HRM and cultural variations that inform work-related eudaimonic well-being. Our study advances existing cross-cultural research on sustainable HRM and employee well-being.
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Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Sustainable HRM, Individualism-collectivism, Eudaimonic well-being, Work engagement, Self determination theory, Model of culture fit
Subjects:Business > Management
Business > Employee attitudes
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > DCU Business School
Publisher:Elsevier
Official URL:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
Copyright Information:Authors
ID Code:32721
Deposited On:02 Jun 2026 14:48 by Tam Nguyen . Last Modified 02 Jun 2026 14:48
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