Implementing green HRM practices in an emerging country: Insights from managerial and nonmanagerial employees across various industries

IF 4.8 Q1 BUSINESS Business Strategy and Development Pub Date : 2024-07-07 DOI:10.1002/bsd2.404
Kavitha Sathasivam, Md Asadul Islam, Raida Abu Bakar, Rosmawani Che Hashim
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Implementing green mechanisms has been mandatory to save the environment and for greater organizational profitability, reputation, and eventually competitive advantage in the dynamic and open market. However, employees are the catalysts in implementing green mechanisms, which are diverse and sophisticated; thus, the implementation process includes numerous challenges that are not explored from managerial and nonmanagerial perspectives in the current literature. Drawing on resource-based theory, this particular qualitative study explores the challenges faced by managerial and nonmanagerial employees working in the Malaysian automotive, electrical and electronics, and construction industries in implementing green human resource management (GHRM) practices. Using a qualitative approach, data were obtained from 48 face-to-face semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis using NVivo 12 revealed 16 challenges that hinder the implementation of GHRM practices in Malaysian companies. We classified these challenges into three categories: high, moderate, and low. However, the main challenges were the lack of focus on the environment, difficulties in educating employees at different levels, a priority on progress/productivity neglecting the environment, the influence of external forces and the cost of going green. The study has discussed the implications of its findings for both theory and practice, followed by arguments on research limitations and future directions.

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为了保护环境,提高组织的盈利能力和声誉,并最终在动态和开放的市场中获得竞争优势,实施绿色机制已成为一项强制性任务。然而,员工是实施绿色机制的催化剂,而绿色机制又是多样化的、复杂的,因此,实施过程中会遇到许多挑战,而这些挑战在目前的文献中并没有从管理者和非管理者的角度进行探讨。本定性研究借鉴资源基础理论,探讨了在马来西亚汽车、电子电气和建筑行业工作的管理人员和非管理人员在实施绿色人力资源管理(GHRM)实践中所面临的挑战。研究采用定性方法,从 48 个面对面的半结构化访谈中获取数据。使用 NVivo 12 进行的专题分析显示,有 16 项挑战阻碍了马来西亚公司实施绿色人力资源管理实践。我们将这些挑战分为三类:高、中、低。然而,主要的挑战是缺乏对环境的关注、难以对不同层次的员工进行教育、优先考虑进步/生产率而忽视环境、外部力量的影响以及绿色成本。本研究讨论了研究结果对理论和实践的影响,随后论述了研究的局限性和未来方向。
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Business Strategy and Development
Business Strategy and Development Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all)
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