Green HRM Practices and Knowledge Sharing Improve Environmental Performance by Raising Employee Commitment to the Environment

Farooq Ahmad (), Md Billal Hossain, Khurram Mustafa, Faisal Ejaz, Kausar Fiaz Khawaja and Anna Dunay
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Farooq Ahmad: Department of Business Administration, Fatima Jinnah Women University, The Mall, Rawalpindi 46000, Pakistan
Md Billal Hossain: Doctoral School of Economic and Regional Sciences, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 2100 Godollo, Hungary
Khurram Mustafa: Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Okara, Okara 56300, Pakistan
Faisal Ejaz: School of International Relations, Minhaj University, Lahore 54770, Pakistan
Kausar Fiaz Khawaja: Faculty of Management Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Anna Dunay: Hungarian National Bank—Research Center, John von Neumann University, 6000 Kecskemét, Hungary

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 6, 1-19

Abstract: In this research, the moderating effect of green knowledge sharing was used to investigate the association between green human resources management (green HRM) practices (competence, motivation, and involvement) and environmental performance via employee environmental commitment. Using previously validated metrics, an online survey of 155 academic staff members from 25 Pakistani universities ranked in the UI-Green Metric 2021 for having green campuses was carried out. The findings demonstrated a significant relationship between green HRM practices, employee environmental commitment, and the university’s environmental performance. The correlation between all three green HRM practices and environmental performance was mediated by the employee’s environmental commitment. The findings indicate that in order to improve environmental performance and reach environmental sustainability goals, it is essential to foster green knowledge sharing among employees and increase employee environmental commitment through green HRM practices.

Keywords: green HRM practices; competence building; motivation enhancing; employee involvement; employee environmental commitment; environmental performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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