Building Green Enterprises Through HRM
If sustainable low-carbon behaviours are to be embedded in the workplace, organizational culture has to change. Here’s how HR processes can make that happen
For sustainable low-carbon behaviours at individual, team, and material levels to go beyond quaint rhetorical notions of "going green", managers collectively have to develop a “sustainability-oriented organizational culture.” The established use of HR processes in health and safety, minimum waste production, and cultural management makes human resource management well-positioned to coordinate the goal of a green sustainable organization.
This discussion paper reviews the latest research into green HR practices, specifically: recruitment and selection; performance management and appraisal; reward management; training and workplace learning; and employee involvement and participation.
The paper is adapted from The Psychology of Green Organizations, edited by Jennifer L. Robertson and Julian Barling (Oxford University Press, 2015).
