Green human resource management

Success of organizational initiatives for environmental sustainability hinges upon employees' proenvironmental behaviors. One of the contemporary important challenges faced by HR professionals is to ensure proper integration of environmental sustainability into human resource policies. The green human resource management (green HRM) has emerged from organizations engaging in practices related to protection of environment and maintaining ecological balance. The aim of this study is to examine the effects of green HRM practices (green recruitment and selection, green training and development, green performance management and appraisal, green reward and compensation, and green empowerment) on employee's proenvironmental behavior. Moreover, this study is going to test the mediating effect of proenvironmental psychological capital and the moderating effect of environmental knowledge on green HRM practices-proenvironmental behavior. Data from 347 employees working in coal generating, power industry, food, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries were collected. Results revealed that green HRM practices positively affected employee's proenvironmental behavior, and proenvironmental psychological capital mediated this link. Employee's environmental knowledge moderated the effect of green HRM practices on proenvironmental behavior. KEYWORDS green empowerment, green HRM, green performance management and appraisal, green recruitment and selection, green reward and compensation, green training and development, proenvironmental behavior, psychological capital

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

Saeed

Afsar

Hafeez

et al. 2018

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

584

637

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Attaining circular economy through business sustainability approach: An integrative review and research agenda

Bansal

Jain

Garg

et al. 2020

Journal of Public Affairs

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In this systematic review, the concept of the circular economy deals with much rigor to gain insights from the viewpoint of business sustainability. The ambivalent nature of the circular economy and business sustainability has led the authors to examine 142 papers from the Web of Science database for review. This study intends to provide a clear understanding of the circular economy concept through the lens of business sustainability. We synthesize the literature in a concrete form for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers by presenting a thematic framework. Based on the systematic review, key findings outlining trends and a reflection about the interface of the circular economy principles systematically and categorically identified nine business processes. Based on the analysis, key findings highlight on (a) addressing the synergy between the circular economy principles and business sustainability at the nine categorized business processes, as a systemic and holistic process; (b) future studies to work on developing tools and techniques to effectively measure the practical applicability in integrating the circular economy principles with the business strategies and models, including research methods like empirical research, action, and longitudinal research; and (c) the need to develop approaches and strategies to engage customers and other company stakeholders with the circular business processes adopted. We contribute to the existing body of knowledge by identifying future research agendas to advance in the concerned field of study consistently.

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