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Human Capital, International Standards Of

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Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Management systems; Standardization

Definition

Human capital standards involve the participatory national and international development and codification of norms and guidelines relating to the roles, structures, and processes that guide human and organizational behavior and interactions within, and between, organizations, institutions, and potentially society as a whole. As standards, they are developed for operationalization on a global scale, often through national standards bodies.

Introduction

The drive for progress is a central underlying tenet of the development of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG), and any form of progress will involve resources, structures, and protocols. Yet it is also recognized that all of these are necessarily driven through human resources, or more generally expressed, people/human beings; thus, it is important to focus attention on the human dimensions that are ultimately the driver of initiatives such as the UN SDG. The establishment...

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  1. Leicester Castle Business School, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

    Peter Stokes

  2. International Thriving at Work Research Centre, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. FTZ-ALS, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences FTZ-ALS, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Centre for Work Related Studies, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

  3. University of Aveiro , Aveiro, Portugal

    Ulisses Azeiteiro

  4. Ctr Neurosci & Cell Biology, 1 Floor, Univ Coimbra, Edf Fac Medicina, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  5. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  6. Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

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    Mohamed Walid

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Stokes, P., Wall, T. (2019). Human Capital, International Standards Of. In: Leal Filho, W., Wall, T., Azeiteiro, U., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P. (eds) Good Health and Well-Being. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69627-0_62-1

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