Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies

WorldCIST'19 2019: New Knowledge in Information Systems and Technologies pp 678–688Cite as

Role of Green HRM Practices in Employees’ Pro-environmental IT Practices

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 930))

Abstract

Green human resource management (GHRM) involves the alignment of the firm’s HRM practices to environmental management system. However, the specific impact of GHRM practices on employees’ pro-environmental behaviours, most especially in the information technology (IT) domain has not been fully clarified. Therefore, this study posits GHRM practices like recruitment and selection, training and development, compensation and reward, performance management, and empowerment and participation as determinants of employees’ pro-environmental IT practices. Based on the responses from 68 HR managers and 333 IT professionals in Malaysia, the results of path model analysis confirm the significant impact of green training and development, and empowerment and participation. Furthermore, the implications of the findings are discussed, and suggestions offered on the deployment of GHRM practices in stimulating employees’ pro-environmental IT behaviour.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD   169.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD   219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Masri, H.A., Jaaron, A.A.M.: Assessing green human resources management practices in Palestinian manufacturing context: an empirical study. J. Clean. Prod. 143, 474–489 (2017)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Zibarras, L.D., Coan, P.: HRM practices used to promote pro-environmental behavior: a UK survey. Int. J. Hum. Resour. Manag. 26, 2121–2142 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Renwick, D.W.S., Jabbour, C.J.C., Muller-Camen, M., Redman, T., Wilkinson, A.: Contemporary developments in Green (environmental) HRM scholarship. Int. J. Hum. Resour. Manag. 27, 114–128 (2016)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Jabbour, C.J.C., Santos, F.C.A.: Relationships between human resource dimensions and environmental management in companies: proposal of a model. J. Clean. Prod. 16, 51–58 (2008)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Jenkin, T.A., Webster, J., McShane, L.: An agenda for “Green” information technology and systems research. Inf. Organ. 21, 17–40 (2011)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Gholami, R., Sulaiman, A.B., Ramayah, T., Molla, A.: Senior managers’ perception on green Information Systems (IS) adoption and environmental performance: results from a field survey. Inf. Manag. 50, 431–438 (2013)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Loeser, F., Recker, J., vom Brocke, J., Molla, A., Zarnekow, R.: How IT executives create organizational benefits by translating environmental strategies into Green IS initiatives. Inf. Syst. J. 27, 503–553 (2017)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Molla, A., Abareshi, A., Cooper, V.: Green IT beliefs and pro-environmental IT practices among IT professionals. Inf. Technol. People 27, 129–154 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Ojo, A.O., Raman, M., Vijayakumar, R.: Cognitive determinants of IT professional belief and attitude towards green IT. In: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, pp. 1006–1015 (2018)

    Google Scholar 

  10. Jabbour, C.J.C., Santos, F.C.A.: The central role of human resource management in the search for sustainable organizations. Int. J. Hum. Resour. Manag. 19, 2133–2154 (2008)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Jackson, S.E., Seo, J.: The greening of strategic HRM scholarship. Organ. Manag. J. 7, 278–290 (2010)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. Renwick, D.W.S., Redman, T., Maguire, S.: Green human resource management: a review and research agenda. Int. J. Manag. Rev. 15, 1–14 (2013)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. Bowen, D.E., Ostroff, C.: Understanding HRM-firm performance linkages: the role of the “strength” of the HRM system. Acad. Manag. Rev. 29, 203–221 (2004)

    Google Scholar 

  14. Paillé, P., Chen, Y., Boiral, O., Jin, J.: The impact of human resource management on environmental performance: an employee-level study. J. Bus. Ethics 121, 451–466 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. Robertson, J.L., Barling, J.: Greening organizations through leaders’ influence on employees’ pro-environmental behaviors. J. Organ. Behav. 34, 176–194 (2013)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. Dumont, J., Shen, J., Deng, X.: Effects of green HRM practices on employee workplace green behavior: the role of psychological green climate and employee green values. Hum. Resour. Manage. 56, 613–627 (2017)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. Guerci, M., Longoni, A., Luzzini, D.: Translating stakeholder pressures into environmental performance – the mediating role of green HRM practices. Int. J. Hum. Resour. Manag. 27, 262–289 (2016)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  18. Wehrmeyer, W.: Greening people: human resources and environmental management. Greenleaf, Sheffield (1996)

    Google Scholar 

  19. Govindarajulu, N., Daily, B.F.: Motivating employees for environmental improvement. Ind. Manag. Data Syst. 104, 364–372 (2004)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. Opatha, H.H.D.N.P., Arulrajah, A.A.: Green human resource management: simplified general reflections. Int. Bus. Res. 7, 101 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. Daily, B.F., Huang, S.: Achieving sustainability through attention to human resource factors in environmental management. Int. J. Oper. Prod. Manag. 21, 1539–1552 (2001)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. Del Brío, J.Á., Fernández, E., Junquera, B.: Management and employee involvement in achieving an environmental action-based competitive advantage: an empirical study. Int. J. Hum. Resour. Manag. 18, 491–522 (2007)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  23. Rothenberg, S.: Knowledge content and worker participation in environmental management at NUMMI. J. Manag. Stud. 40, 1783–1802 (2003)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  24. Jabbour, C.J.C.: How green are HRM practices, organizational culture, learning and teamwork? A Brazilian study. Ind. Commer. Train. 43, 98–105 (2011)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  25. Hair, J., Hollingsworth, C.L., Randolph, A.B., Chong, A.Y.L.: An updated and expanded assessment of PLS-SEM in information systems research. Ind. Manag. Data Syst. 117, 442–458 (2017)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  26. Fornell, C., Larcker, D.F.: Evaluating structural equation models with unobservable variables and measurements error. J. Mark. Res. 18, 39–50 (1981)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  27. Modeling, S.E., Henseler, J., Ringle, C.M., Sarstedt, M.: A new criterion for assessing discriminant validity in variance-based a new criterion for assessing discriminant validity in variance-based structural equation modeling (2015)

    Google Scholar 

  28. Hair, J.F., Ringle, C.M., Sarstedt, M.: Partial least squares structural equation modeling: rigorous applications, better results and higher acceptance. Long Range Plann. 46, 1–12 (2013)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  29. Henseler, J., Ringle, C.M., Sinkovics, R.R.: The use of partial least squares path modeling in international marketing. Adv. Int. Mark. 20, 277–319 (2009)

    Google Scholar 

  30. Nishii, L.H., Lepak, D.P., Schneider, B.: Employee attributions of the “Why” of HR practices: their effects on employee attitudes and behaviors, and customer satisfaction. Pers. Psychol. 61, 503–545 (2008)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  31. Gould-Williams, J., Davies, F.: Using social exchange theory to predict the effects of HRM practice on employee outcomes: an analysis of public sector workers. Public Manag. Rev. 7, 1–24 (2005)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  32. Aryee, S., Budhwar, P.S., Chen, Z.X.: Trust as a mediator of the relationship between organizational justice and work outcomes: test of a social exchange model. J. Organ. Behav. 23, 267–285 (2002)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  33. Asadi, S., Hussin, A.R.C., Dahlan, H.M.: Organizational research in the field of Green IT: a systematic literature review from 2007 to 2016. Telemat. Inform. 34(7), 1191–1249 (2017)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  34. Mishra, D., Akman, I., Mishra, A.: Theory of reasoned action application for green information technology acceptance. Comput. Hum. Behav. 36, 29–40 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  35. Dao, V., Langella, I., Carbo, J.: From green to sustainability: information technology and an integrated sustainability framework. J. Strateg. Inf. Syst. 20, 63–79 (2011)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  36. Jackson, S.E., Renwick, D.W.S., Jabbour, C.J.C., Muller-Camen, M.: State-of-the-art and future directions for green human resource management. Ger. J. Res. Hum. Resour. Manag. 25, 99–116 (2011)

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

This research was funded by Fundamental Research Grant Scheme [FRGS FRGS/1/2016/SS03/MMU/03/1], Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Multimedia University, 63100, Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia

    Adedapo Oluwaseyi Ojo & Murali Raman

Authors
  1. Adedapo Oluwaseyi Ojo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Murali Raman
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Adedapo Oluwaseyi Ojo .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Álvaro Rocha

  2. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Hojjat Adeli

  3. Faculdade de Engenharia/LIACC, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Luís Paulo Reis

  4. DIMES, Università della Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy

    Sandra Costanzo

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2019 Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this paper

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this paper

Ojo, A.O., Raman, M. (2019). Role of Green HRM Practices in Employees’ Pro-environmental IT Practices. In: Rocha, Á., Adeli, H., Reis, L., Costanzo, S. (eds) New Knowledge in Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST'19 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 930. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16181-1_64

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation