Effects of Green HRM Practices on Employee Workplace Green Behavior: The Role of Psychological Green Climate and Employee Green Values

Abstract

As an emerging concept, green human resource management (green HRM) has been conceptualized to influence employee workplace green behavior. This research empirically tested this link. We first developed measures for green HRM, and then drew on the behavioral HRM and psychological climate literature along with the supplies‐values fit theory, to test a conceptual model integrating the effects of psychological green climate and individual green values. Results revealed that green HRM both directly and indirectly influenced in‐role green behavior, but only indirectly influenced extra‐role green behavior, through the mediation of psychological green climate. Individual green values moderated the effect of psychological green climate on extra‐role green behavior, but it did not moderate the effect of either green HRM or psychological green climate on in‐role green behavior. These findings indicate that green HRM affects both employee in‐role and extra‐role workplace green behavior; however, this occurs through different social and psychological processes. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Promoting employee's proenvironmental behavior through green human resource management practices

“…Fourth, proenvironmental psychological climate, which has recently attracted considerable attention in environmental psychology literature, needs more investigation in organizational settings (Dumont et al, 2017). Fifth, environmental knowledge and awareness is found to affect employee's intentions to implement proenvironmental practices (Safari, Salehzadeh, Panahi, & Abolghasemian, 2018), but this study explores how environmental knowledge and awareness moderates the effect of green HRM practices on employee's proenvironmental behaviors.…”

“…So if an organization incorporates greening in its HR policies, employees would display behaviors that resonate and are in accordance with the organization's green policies. Green HRM within an organization affects workplace proenvironmental behaviors among employees (Dumont et al, 2017). Green HRM within an organization affects workplace proenvironmental behaviors among employees (Dumont et al, 2017).…”

“…(Hayes & Preacher, 2014). The interaction term of Green Recruitment and Selection × Environmental Knowledge was positive and significant (γ = 0.11, p < 0.05; see Table 4) to the knowledge about employees' proenvironmental behaviors, an area that requires further attention (Dumont et al, 2017). Simple slope tests were run following Preacher, Curran, and Bauer (2006) procedure.…”

“…The green HRM narrative is still in its infancy with inferences about its effect on employee workplace outcomes (Dumont et al, 2017). The green HRM narrative is still in its infancy with inferences about its effect on employee workplace outcomes (Dumont et al, 2017).…”

“…Although this research provides initial insight into the role of green HRM practices in predicting employees' proenvironmental behaviors, a comprehensive understanding of the processes and mechanisms through which green HRM practices affect such behavior is lacking (Dumont et al, 2017). Furthermore, an understanding of the boundary conditions to the effects of green HRM practices on employee's proenvironmental behavior has been neglected (Zibarras & Coan, 2015).…”