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Assessing the Impact of Green Hiring on Sustainable Performance: Mediating Role of Green Performance Management and Compensation

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  • José Moleiro Martins

    (ISCAL-Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Avenida Miguel Bombarda 20, 1069-035 Lisbon, Portugal
    Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Business Research Unit (BRU-IUL), 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal)

  • Hira Aftab

    (Institute of Business and Information Technology, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54590, Pakistan)

  • Mário Nuno Mata

    (ISCAL-Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Avenida Miguel Bombarda 20, 1069-035 Lisbon, Portugal
    Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, School of Management and Technology (ESGTS-IPS), 2001-904 Santarém, Portugal)

  • Muhammad Ussama Majeed

    (Institute of Business and Information Technology, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54590, Pakistan)

  • Sumaira Aslam

    (Institute of Business and Information Technology, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54590, Pakistan)

  • Anabela Batista Correia

    (ISCAL-Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Avenida Miguel Bombarda 20, 1069-035 Lisbon, Portugal)

  • Pedro Neves Mata

    (ISTA-School of Technologies and Architecture, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), ISTAR-IUL, Avenida das Forças Armadas, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal)

Abstract

The global need to preserve ecology has propelled the green movement across the globe. An emerging managerial challenge for all organizations is to protect natural resources by reducing their negative impact on the environment and increase sustainable performance. Greening is the need of the age to conserve natural resources. This study investigates the impact of green human resource management practice—i.e., green hiring—on the sustainable performance of public and private healthcare organizations. A quantitative research approach was used for data collection. Scale survey of 160 responses was gathered from public and private healthcare organizations. Partial least square–structural equation modeling was used for data analysis. The study results suggest that green recruitment has a positive and significant impact on environmental performance, economic performance, and social performance. Path coefficients test also revealed that green performance management and compensation significantly mediate the relationship between green hiring and sustainable performance of public and private healthcare organizations. This study is helpful for organizations in adapting GHRM practices that will benefit the organizations in all ways. This study also provides a better understanding to policymakers on how to promote GHRM practices and increase sustainability in organizations.

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  • José Moleiro Martins & Hira Aftab & Mário Nuno Mata & Muhammad Ussama Majeed & Sumaira Aslam & Anabela Batista Correia & Pedro Neves Mata, 2021. "Assessing the Impact of Green Hiring on Sustainable Performance: Mediating Role of Green Performance Management and Compensation," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(11), pages 1-18, May.
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