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The Implementation and Barriers of Green Recruitment: A Qualitative Study on Green Human Resource Management

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  • Jinghan Wang

    (Plymouth Business School, University of Plymouth, Cookworthy Building, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK)

  • Lijun Tang

    (Plymouth Business School, University of Plymouth, Cookworthy Building, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK)

  • Tiancheng Zhang

    (School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Geelong 3216, Australia)

  • Chris Phillips

    (Plymouth Business School, University of Plymouth, Cookworthy Building, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK)

  • Lamis Sultan Aldawish

    (Plymouth Business School, University of Plymouth, Cookworthy Building, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK)

Abstract

Green human resource management (GHRM) has become an indispensable strategy in green management. As the first step of GHRM, green recruitment and selection (GRS) has been emphasised as the important and probably the only practice to help the firm obtain green human capital directly. However, research has shown that not many firms implement GRS in practice, and there is a lack of studies exploring the barriers to GRS. This study fills this gap by examining the barriers to GRS across different industries in China. It adopted a qualitative and inductive approach, which is relatively rare in the GHRM field. Based on interviews with senior managers, a number of barriers were revealed in relation to the two components of GRS: paperless recruitment and green candidates. More specifically, two new factors that have not been reported in the existing literature were identified: the alignment between the job profile, green practices, and profit orientation. These two factors have both theoretical and practical implications.

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  • Jinghan Wang & Lijun Tang & Tiancheng Zhang & Chris Phillips & Lamis Sultan Aldawish, 2024. "The Implementation and Barriers of Green Recruitment: A Qualitative Study on Green Human Resource Management," Businesses, MDPI, vol. 4(3), pages 1-15, September.
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