Exploring the impact of green human resource management on environmental performance: the roles of perceived organizational support and innovative environmental behavior

PurposeThis paper aims to explore the relationship between green human resource management (GHRM) practices and the environmental performance (EP) of firms belonging to industries that may lean toward environmental pollution (e.g. oil and gas). The authors propose a holistic (serial mediation) model...

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Published in:International journal of manpower 2022-07, Vol.43 (3), p.742-762
Main Authors: Bhatti, Sabeen Hussain, Saleem, Farida, Murtaza, Ghulam, Haq, Tazeem Ul
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Behavior
Competitive advantage
Employee behavior
Employees
Environmental management
Environmental performance
Environmental policy
Gas industry
Human resource management
Innovations
Manufacturing
Small & medium sized enterprises-SME
Structural equation modeling
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Summary:PurposeThis paper aims to explore the relationship between green human resource management (GHRM) practices and the environmental performance (EP) of firms belonging to industries that may lean toward environmental pollution (e.g. oil and gas). The authors propose a holistic (serial mediation) model based on the ability-motivation-opportunity (AMO) theory and the social exchange theory (SET) and integrate organizational, i.e. perceived organizational support (POS), and individual, i.e. innovative environmental behavior (IEB), factors as explanatory mechanisms. The authors then test the model in a developing country context.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from white collar workers in the oil and gas industry in Pakistan. A structural equation modeling (SEM) technique and the PROCESS model 6 were used to analyze the hypothesized serial mediation model.FindingsThe authors found support for the fully meditating serial mediation model. Although the direct effects of GHRM and EP were insignificant, the total effects and indirect effects through POS and IEB were significant. Similarly, the research also found support for organizational and individual factors as explanatory mechanisms in the relationship between GHRM and EP.Originality/valueThis research adds to the existing literature on GHRM and the corporate EP link through proposing and testing a model of the mediating effects of POS and IEB. Furthermore, it provides empirical evidence of this model in the oil and gas sector using an Asian developing country as the context of study.
ISSN:0143-7720
1758-6577
DOI:10.1108/IJM-05-2020-0215