Getting to Green: Understanding the Resonance of Green Human Resource Management for Voluntary Sustainability Efforts

Abstract

This paper examines relationships between different facets of Green Human Resource Management(GHRM) and Voluntary Green Behavior(VGB) in organizations with the view of identifying effects that different common GHRM practices have on VGB in organizations. Precisely, the study analyses the effects of Green Recruitment and Selection (GRS), Green Training and Development (GTD), Green Performance Management (GPM), Green Pay and Rewards (GPR) on employee pro-environmental behavior volunteering beyond the job expectations. The study uses Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to analyze data that was obtained from employees in various sectors. Consequently, the study shows that GRS, GTD, and GPM positively and strongly affect VGB, proving that the implementation of green solutions in organisations promotes the right choice of ecological attitudes by staff members. However, going further the analysis holds in rejecting any hypothesized positive relationship between GPR and VGB, implying that monetary incentives, though tried and tested for environmental cooperation, are probably insufficient to encourage VGB towards voluntary environmental action.