Employee Readiness for GHRM and Its Individual Antecedents: Instrumental and Change-Based Approach

Marek Matejun (), Bożena Ewa Matusiak and Izabela Różańska-Bińczyk
Additional contact information
Marek Matejun: Faculty of Management, University of Lodz, 90-237 Lodz, Poland
Bożena Ewa Matusiak: Faculty of Management, University of Lodz, 90-237 Lodz, Poland
Izabela Różańska-Bińczyk: Faculty of Management, University of Lodz, 90-237 Lodz, Poland

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 11, 1-38

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to identify and assess the formation of employees’ readiness to implement the green human resources management (GHRM) concept according to two research approaches: an instrumental and change-based approach, as well as to demonstrate the influence of selected individual antecedents on the formation of this readiness in business practice. The aim of the study was achieved through empirical research conducted using a survey method on a sample of 214 employees and managers from Poland. The results obtained indicate a high level of readiness of the respondents to implement the GHRM concept in their companies, regardless of the measurement method used. Moreover, it was shown that personal environmental norms, following the new environmental paradigm as well as organizational citizenship behaviors towards the environment (OCBE), significantly and positively shape the level of readiness for GHRM in the surveyed group. In contrast, there was no significant effect of individual readiness for change on employees’ readiness levels. This study makes an original and novel contribution to the literature by proposing different approaches to measuring employees’ GHRM readiness. The conclusions formulated address the implementation factors of the GHRM, enabling a more effective implementation of this concept into business practice.

Keywords: green human resources management; change management; employee readiness; sustainable development; human resources management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/11/4776/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/11/4776/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:16:y:2024:i:11:p:4776-:d:1408310

Access Statistics for this article

Sustainability is currently edited by Ms. Alexandra Wu

More articles in Sustainability from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().