Green Human Resource Management Practices and Organizational Citizenship Behaviour towards the Environment in the Banking Sector in Bangladesh

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of green human resource management practices on organizational citizenship behaviour towards the environment based on the Ability-Motivation-Opportunity (AMO) theory. To support statistical analyses, relevant data were gathered from 132 employees working in the commercial banking sector of Bangladesh. To assess the research model, the PLS-SEM approach was applied using SmartPLS 3.0. The study found a significant positive impact of green training and development, green performance appraisal, and green employee empowerment on organizational citizenship behaviour towards the environment. Besides, deviated from previous studies, we found green recruitment and selection, and green rewards were not significant predictors to employee green behaviour. The results of the study suggest that organizations should provide more attention to green employee empowerment, and green training and development to develop responsible eco-friendly behaviour among the participants. Moreover, the study suggests some new research perspectives considering organizational and individual variables to get more insights on the issue and to overcome the limitations of this research.

Motivating green behaviour in Bangladeshi employees: Self-determination theory application

“…The relationships between EXR, EGA, and EGB were investigated using hypotheses H6a and H6b , respectively. The relationships between EXR and EGA were statistically significant, conforming to the study by Sharmin et al [ 31 ] piloted in Bangladesh, which revealed that sustainability-centric employee empowerment, performance appraisal, and training and development significantly improve OCBE. On the other hand, the relationships between EXR and EGB ( H6b ) were found insignificant.…”

“…The use of renewable energy technology could provide an alternative method of satisfying Bangladesh's expanding energy needs [ 30 ]. Organizational citizenship behaviour toward the environment (OCBE) was positively benefited by sustainability education and training, sustainability-focused assessment methods, and employee autonomy [ 31 ]. Both cognitive and non-cognitive factors, such as - fostering sustainable workplace guidelines and applications, can improve employees' task-related EGB [ 32 ].…”