Exploring the role of green human resource management in enhancing employee well-being and job satisfaction in the it sector

Abstract

Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) has received a growing academic interest with organizations starting to incorporate the sustainability of the environment into their strategic human resource management. The present paper offers a synthesis and systematic review of the existing body of literature to identify the impacts of GHRM practices on employee well being, job satisfaction as well as environmental performance, especially in the IT industry. A systematic literature review  was conducted. The sources of records were Google Scholar (n = 317) and Scopus (n = 312), which returned 629 preliminary studies. After applying inclusion criteria based on peer- review, relevance and timeframe criteria, 156 articles were selected for detailed analysis. Literature was grouped based on the Ability-Motivation-Opportunity (AMO) framework to assess the performance of GHRM practices in the main HR functions. The results show that green training and development (80% implementation impact; 90% environmental impact) and reward management (85% implementation impact; 90% environmental impact) have the greatest correlation with the employee engagement and sustainability outcomes. The other contribution made towards the development of a psychological green climate and the encouragement of organizational citizenship behaviour towards the environment (OCBE) is recruitment, job design, and performance appraisal. Nevertheless, there are gaps of measurement structures and multi-level empirical validation of sectors. The research finds out that holistic integration of GHRM between HR functions boosts employee motivation, job satisfaction, and performance on organizational sustainability. Organizations can attain long-term competitive advantage by integrating environmental values into the HR systems, especially those operating in the knowledge-intensive sectors like the IT sector, in addition to promoting the sustainability of the larger society.