Title: Green HRM: a medium of social responsibility and sustainable development

Authors: Nikita Agrawal; Ruby Bansal

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Abstract: The main aim of the paper is to explore the practices of green human resource management in India and to find the challenges faced in this context. The research was conducted in two stages namely, through review of literature and then through case study technique in which information was collected from manufacturing organisations as manufacturing sector largely employs natural resources, affecting both social responsibility and sustainability. On analysis the functions of human resource management (HRM) have been specified in the process format along with detailed division of green resource management (GRM) practices. The study brings out major green human resource management (GHRM) practices and explains the challenges with measures to overcome them. It thus presents the role of HRM function towards creating a green organisation as well as the current trends of green HRM practices to ensure social responsibility and sustainability.

Keywords: GHRM; green human resource management; HRM; human resource management; social responsibility; sustainable development.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISD.2022.121781

International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, 2022 Vol.16 No.2, pp.172 - 185

Received: 15 Mar 2020
Accepted: 14 Aug 2020

Published online: 07 Apr 2022 *

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