Analysis of barriers in green human resource implementation for enhancing organizational sustainability: a DEMATEL approach

Abstract

Adoption of Green HRM practices within an organisation may face many challenges and issues which can be both strategic and tactical. It is important to understand how and what kind of green HRM practices are lacking in the organisations and what are the barriers to successful implementation of the same. The aim of this article is to identify the barriers to Green HRM implementation by extensive literature review. A methodology of decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) has been used to analyse the Green HRM implementation barriers and also the relationship between them so as to develop a framework where more effective Green HRM can be implemented by organisations. The identified barriers were also categorised into two groups i.e. the cause group and the effect group. It will guide the policy makers to plan to counter these barriers.