The study of green human resource management practices in Indian organisations and its relationship with green culture and environmental performance

Abstract

This paper contributes to the extant literature on green human resource which means deploying human resource strategies for fulfilling the environment management objectives of the organisation. Since studies have found that a strong sustainability culture can support the sustainability initiatives of a company, we have introduced environmental sustainability culture as a mediating variable. We conducted both qualitative and quantitative study to get a deeper understanding of the topic in light of Indian industries. With a sample size of 120 top-level human resource managers working in Indian manufacturing companies, we found that green human resource management strategies had a significant impact on environmental performance. We also found that environmental sustainability culture partially mediated between all the green human resource management strategies and environmental performance. The study, therefore, shows the importance of green human resource management strategies and culture in improving the environmental performance of manufacturing organisations.