Abstract
The current study examines the change in environment performance through green human resource management in a developing country’s higher education institutes. The data were collected by survey using a reliable and valid instrument adopted from the literature. The unit of analysis in the current study is an individual consisting of employees working in higher educational institutions of Pakistan. Three hundred questionnaires were distributed while 220 questionnaires were found completely filled for statistical analysis. The current study utilizes the multiple regression techniques through structural equation modelling using second-generation software SmartPLSv3.0. The results indicate the positive influence of green human resource policies on environmental performance and provide significant insights on the partial mediating effect of employee eco-friendly behavior between green human resource management and environmental performance. The present study provides numerous theoretical and practical implications through the extension of Ability-Motivation-Opportunity theory by constituting the employee behaviors for the implementation of environmental strategies in the organization context. The findings of the present study suggest guidelines for human resource managers and management of educational institutes to implement green human resource policies that are likely to improve institutes environmental performance.
Highlights
The twenty-first century has shown great interest on improving environmental concerns all over the globe as organizations are currently facing environmental ramifications such as irreversible pollution, global warming, depletion of natural resources, climatic change and electricity shortages that pose a serious threat to environmental sustainability (Saeed et al, 2018)
The current study examines the change in environment performance through green human resource management in a developing country’s higher education institutes
The objective of the current study is to examine the role of green human resource management on eco friendly behavior of employees that would improve environmental performance in Pakistani higher education institutes
Summary
The twenty-first century has shown great interest on improving environmental concerns all over the globe as organizations are currently facing environmental ramifications such as irreversible pollution, global warming, depletion of natural resources, climatic change and electricity shortages that pose a serious threat to environmental sustainability (Saeed et al, 2018). To minimize the environmental damage, manufacturing and service industries are adopting green practices to reduce environmental pollution and save the existing natural resources The service industry such as hotels, educational institutions and banks are implementing environmental management policies to create awareness among employees (Hsiao et al, 2014; Rahman et al, 2012). Paillé et al (2014) stated that HRM involvement in environmental success is very crucial and has a direct impact on the implementation of these green initiatives In this regard, the Ability-Motivation-Opportunity (AMO) theory guides this research by providing a theoretical framework of how human resource practices develop the environmental skills and motivation of employees and provides the opportunity for improving environmental performance (Yu et al, 2020). The objective of the current study is to examine the role of green human resource management on eco friendly behavior of employees that would improve environmental performance in Pakistani higher education institutes
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