Sustainability unleashed: Supercharging economic growth through green HR strategies

Abstract

This paper describes a semi-systematic literature review that examines how human resource professionals and scholars investigate the relationship between human resource work and green sustainable practices in organizations. The study analyzed the literature on human resources with a focus on sustainability, using the Rummler-Brache model of organizational performance as a framework. The model's nine performance variables were applied to the literature in relation to sustainability so that the literature could be assessed through the lens of this model for organizational sustainable performance. The literature was used to determine the discussion in relation to sustainability. The findings showed that while scholars researched all nine performance variables, "job design" appeared only six times in the reviewed articles out of 83. The most frequently discussed performance variables were organization goals, process goals, and organization management. The implications of these findings for the human resource and sustainability literature were discussed, and suggestions for future research were identified. The study suggests that further research can explore how organizations worldwide can adopt sustainable practices for their growth, sustenance, and longevity.