Conceptual Review Of Green Human Resource Management Practices

In the last few years, global concerns have increased regarding environmental issues. These concerns generated more pressure and necessitated business and industries to develop and use green management by adopting environmentally-friendly practices and products. Today, more than ever before, people are willing to operate in an environmentally responsible way and they understand that they are part of society and should therefore adopt green practices in organisations. Green Human Resources Management (Green HRM) is recently attracting the attention of academic researchers and practitioners. Regardless the importance of green human resource management in various aspects, the literature shows that a broad process frame of reference for Green HRM has yet to emerge. The term Green Human Resource Management is by all accounts an unfamiliar term to most of the people, including experts and academics in HRM. In order to bridge this gap, this paper contributes towards a better understanding of green human resource management and related concepts. Green HRM is simply integrating Human Resource Management with Environmental related issues. Five Green HRM practices are reviewed in this paper. They include green recruitment and selection, green job analysis and design, green training and development, green performance management, and green reward management.