The Impact of Green Human Resources Management Practices on Corporate Sustainability: An Empirical Study

Abstract

The increased environmental demands of modernity have seen organizations integrate sustainable measures in their human resource operations. The Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) ensures that, the HR policies are consistent with principles of sustainability, hence creating resilience and long-lasting operational ability of organizations. To this end the current research examines the impact that the GHRM practice of green recruitment, green training, green performance appraisal, and green employee engagement has had on the augmentation of corporate sustainability. Structured questionnaire with respondents drawn across several different corporate sectors (350 respondents) was analyzed utilizing the SPSS and the results showed that there was a significant positive correlation between practices of GHRM and corporate sustainability. The results underline the importance of integrating green initiatives in terms of HR is suitable as a precondition to the sustainable development of organizations.