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

Agnieszka Wojtczuk-Turek; Dariusz Turek; Paweł Jurek; Fiona Edgar; Belgin Okay-Somerville; Nataliya Podgorodnichenko; Na Fu; Maria Järlström; Boris Popov; Paul Hutchings; Katie Sullivan; Marius Duhović Hafstad; Tetiana Shkoda; Oleksandr Savych; Sabine Raeder; Howard J. Klein; Janine Bosak; Anna Lupina-Wegener; Zuzana Dvorakova; Francisca Gutiérrez-Crocco; Aleksandra Kekkonen; Pedro I. Leiva; Lenka Mynaříková; Mercedes Sánchez-Apellániz; Imran Shafique; Bassam Samir Al-Romeedy; Serena Wee; Patrick Dunlop; Florence Stinglhamber; Gaëtane Caesens; Adriana Caldana; Marina Greghi Sticca; Valentin Vasilev; Martin Lauzier; Guillaume Desjardins; Gangfeng Zhang; Le Tan; Lady Brigitte Galvez-Sierra; Erico Rentería Pérez; Srećko Goić; Ivana Tadić; Dagmar Charvátová; Marek Botek; Dorthe Høj Jensen; Dayamy Lima Rojas; Segundo Gonzalo Pazmay-Ramos; Piret Masso; Nicolas Gillet; Tiphaine Huyghebaert-Zouaghi; Maia Robakidze; Khatuna Martskvishvili; Angela R. Dorrough; Marc Jekel; Carolin Häffner; Timur A. Sevincer; Elias Kodjo Kekesi; Collins Badu Agyemang; Eleni Apospori; Jerin Jose; Alice Salendu; Arum Etikariena; Harry Susianto; Bertina Sjabadhyni; Shera Malayeri; Masoumeh Seydi; Mary Kinahan; Alon Lisak; Marco Giovanni Mariani; Marco Salvati; Silvia Moscatelli; Eleonora Crapolicchio; Claudia Manzi; Akihito Shimazu; Hiroshi Ikeda; Rita Žukauskienė; Goda Kaniušonytė; Gottfried Catania; Mary Anne Lauri; Sergio Manuel Madero-Gómez; Denise Fernando; Klaske Veth; Sandesh Dhakal; Abiodun Lawal; Ana Reategui; Oswaldo Morales Tristán; Divina M. Edralin; Susana Schmitz; Joana Neto; Félix Neto; Jasna Milošević Đorđević; Vladimir Mihić; Anna Kalistova; Ivana Piterová; Claude Hélène Mayer; María José Charlo Molina; Ruwan Ranasinghe; Tesora Nakchedi-Ooft; Rosita Sobhie; Mösli Matteo; Jennifer Chavanovanich; Narumol Petchthip; Serdar Karabatı; Gülçin Akbaş; Beril Turkoglu; Magdalena Mosanya; Pablo Pérez de León; Javier Labarthe-Carrara; Ceri Phelps; Güldem Karamustafa-Köse

doi:10.1016/j.emj.2026.03.008

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

Agnieszka Wojtczuk-Turek
, Dariusz Turek
, Paweł Jurek
, Fiona Edgar
, Belgin Okay-Somerville
, Nataliya Podgorodnichenko
, Na Fu
, Maria Järlström
, Boris Popov
, Paul Hutchings
, Katie Sullivan
, Marius Duhović Hafstad
, Tetiana Shkoda
, Oleksandr Savych
, Sabine Raeder
, Howard J. Klein
, Janine Bosak
, Anna Lupina-Wegener
, Zuzana Dvorakova
, Francisca Gutiérrez-Crocco

Aleksandra Kekkonen, Pedro I. Leiva, Lenka Mynaříková, Mercedes Sánchez-Apellániz, Imran Shafique, Bassam Samir Al-Romeedy, Serena Wee, Patrick Dunlop, Florence Stinglhamber, Gaëtane Caesens, Adriana Caldana, Marina Greghi Sticca, Valentin Vasilev, Martin Lauzier, Guillaume Desjardins, Gangfeng Zhang, Le Tan, Lady Brigitte Galvez-Sierra, Erico Rentería Pérez, Srećko Goić, Ivana Tadić, Dagmar Charvátová, Marek Botek, Dorthe Høj Jensen, Dayamy Lima Rojas, Segundo Gonzalo Pazmay-Ramos, Piret Masso, Nicolas Gillet, Tiphaine Huyghebaert-Zouaghi, Maia Robakidze, Khatuna Martskvishvili, Angela R. Dorrough, Marc Jekel, Carolin Häffner, Timur A. Sevincer, Elias Kodjo Kekesi, Collins Badu Agyemang, Eleni Apospori, Jerin Jose, Alice Salendu, Arum Etikariena, Harry Susianto, Bertina Sjabadhyni, Shera Malayeri, Masoumeh Seydi, Mary Kinahan, Alon Lisak, Marco Giovanni Mariani, Marco Salvati, Silvia Moscatelli, Eleonora Crapolicchio, Claudia Manzi, Akihito Shimazu, Hiroshi Ikeda, Rita Žukauskienė, Goda Kaniušonytė, Gottfried Catania, Mary Anne Lauri, Sergio Manuel Madero-Gómez, Denise Fernando, Klaske Veth, Sandesh Dhakal, Abiodun Lawal, Ana Reategui, Oswaldo Morales Tristán, Divina M. Edralin, Susana Schmitz, Joana Neto, Félix Neto, Jasna Milošević Đorđević, Vladimir Mihić, Anna Kalistova, Ivana Piterová, Claude Hélène Mayer, María José Charlo Molina, Ruwan Ranasinghe, Tesora Nakchedi-Ooft, Rosita Sobhie, Mösli Matteo, Jennifer Chavanovanich, Narumol Petchthip, Serdar Karabatı, Gülçin Akbaş, Beril Turkoglu, Magdalena Mosanya, Pablo Pérez de León, Javier Labarthe-Carrara, Ceri Phelps, Güldem Karamustafa-Köse

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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.

Original language	English
Journal	European Management Journal
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2026.03.008
State	Accepted/In press - 2026

Keywords

Eudaimonic well-being
Individualism-collectivism
Model of culture fit
Self determination theory
Sustainable HRM
Work engagement

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Wojtczuk-Turek, A., Turek, D., Jurek, P., Edgar, F., Okay-Somerville, B., Podgorodnichenko, N., Fu, N., Järlström, M., Popov, B., Hutchings, P., Sullivan, K., Hafstad, M. D., Shkoda, T., Savych, O., Raeder, S., Klein, H. J., Bosak, J., Lupina-Wegener, A., Dvorakova, Z., ... Karamustafa-Köse, G. (Accepted/In press). Putting sustainable human resource management and workplace eudaimonic well-being into cross-cultural context. European Management Journal. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2026.03.008

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AU - Kalistova, Anna

AU - Piterová, Ivana

AU - Mayer, Claude Hélène

AU - Molina, María José Charlo

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