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An Integrated HRM Framework for Remote Managers

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HRM and Remote Health Workforce Sustainability

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  • Supportive management practices are more likely to improve workforce sustainability.

  • The HR outcomes that influenced remote health workforce sustainability were associated with professional isolation, empowerment and remuneration.

  • Without management practices HRM policy choices do not result in the HR outcomes that influence remote health workforce sustainability.

  • The I-HRM-SRHW framework can assist remote managers to implement localised HRM policies and improve workforce sustainability.

  • Remote managers need to know the key ingredients for workforce sustainability; then determine the combination and quantity of these ingredients suitable for their particular remote context.

The world is made in circles. And we think in straight lines.

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Onnis, La. (2019). An Integrated HRM Framework for Remote Managers. In: HRM and Remote Health Workforce Sustainability. Management for Professionals. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2059-0_8

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