The road to more sustainable firms in the face of a pandemic: Changes needed in employment relationships

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we operate at work. Dealing with these changes may require new ways of thinking about our models employment relationships, to create more sustainable organizations during troubled times. Sustainability can be understood as an attempt strike a balance between economic, social and environmental goals companies—a that could drive global recovery from crisis. This essay focuses on employer’s perspective considers how firms use different improve sustainability We propose two alternative which label “Oversustainability” “Mutual Sustainability” depend choice firm’s competitive strategy (proactive/innovative vs analyzer/following). considered contributions expected employees inducements they were offered under each model. believe advantageous for companies seeking adopt proactive analyzer-type strategies. JEL CLASSIFICATION M1