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𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘱𝘩𝘭𝘪 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵, 𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘯, 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 – 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘺 31, 2025

𝗗𝗿. 𝗠𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗣. 𝗘𝘂𝗳𝗮𝗻, Associate Professor at the Business College of Notre Dame of Dadiangas University (NDDU), presented her research titled “𝙇𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙧 𝙅𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝘼𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙨: 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙮” at the 𝟭𝟮𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝘂𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 (𝗛𝗖𝗨) 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, co-hosted by NDDU, on 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟯𝟬–𝟯𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, in Thailand.

Co-authored with 𝗗𝗿. 𝗚𝗮𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗖. 𝗢𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗼, Dean of the NDDU Graduate School, the study examined 108 Supreme Court labor jurisprudence decisions in the Philippines from 2016 to 2020. Employing a descriptive-interpretive qualitative design, it was grounded in Jaap Paauwe’s Contextually Based Human Resource Theory and strongly aligned with the 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙎𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙂𝙤𝙖𝙡𝙨 (𝙎𝘿𝙂𝙨)—particularly 𝙎𝘿𝙂 8 (𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙩𝙝) and 𝙎𝘿𝙂 16 (𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚, 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨).

Through Braun and Clarke’s thematic analysis and Krippendorff’s content analysis, the research identified five themes shaping employee-employer relationships: selection and engagement, capacity to dismiss, employer’s authority over work practices, payment of wages, and economic dependence. It further highlighted three essential areas of employment practices: termination, discipline, and evaluation.

The study also examined the philosophical orientations of judicial decision-makers—ranging from legal realism to textualism and constructionism—demonstrating how these perspectives influence labor rulings and interpretations. Using Dedoose software and validated through Cohen’s Kappa, the analysis culminated in the creation of the ECJ (Evidence-Informed, Contextualized, and Justice-Oriented) HR Policy Framework. This framework offers jurisprudence-based strategies to strengthen HR practices, ensuring fairness, compliance, resilience, and social justice within organizations.

Dr. Eufan stressed that the study has practical value for HR professionals, policy-makers, labor advocates, and technology developers, bridging legal precedents with workplace policy reforms. By integrating insights from jurisprudence into organizational management, the research contributes to advancing decent work, equitable treatment, and sustainable labor practices—core commitments of the SDGs.

Her presentation was part of the seven-member NDDU research delegation to the HCU International Conference under the theme “𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙎𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙮”. The delegation reflected NDDU’s continuing dedication to international academic collaboration and research-driven solutions to pressing global challenges.