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HRM practices used to promote pro-environmental behavior: a UK survey

Zibarras, Lara D., Coan, Phillipa·2015·The International Journal of Human Resource Management
DOI 10.1080/09585192.2014.972429
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To date, the extent to which UK organizations use human resource management (HRM) practices to promote pro-environmental behavior through workplace HRM policies and initiatives is under-researched within the literature. Therefore, this paper presents results of a survey investigating current HRM practices used to promote pro-environmental behavior in a sample of 214 UK organizations representing different sizes and industry sectors. Overall, findings indicated that HRM practices are not used to a great extent to encourage employees to become more pro-environmental. The most prevalent practices used within organizations incorporated elements of management involvement supporting the idea that managers are the gatekeepers to environmental performance. Although organizations indicated that some HRM practices were more effective than others at encouraging pro-environmental behavior in their staff, only a very small percentage of organizations actually conducted any form of evaluation; organizations consequently lack clear evidence as to whether their HRM practices actually result in employee behavior change. Practical implications and future research directions are discussed.

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  • There is limited data and scant analysis about the mechanisms by which Green HRM practices actually mediate pressures from regulatory and consumer stakeholders to make companies more sustainable.

    “Nevertheless, there is still limited data and scant analysis about the mechanisms by which Green HRM practices actually mediate pressures from regulatory and consumer stakeholders to make companies more sustainable (Guerci, Longoni, & Luzzini, 2016;Zibarras & Coan, 2015).”

    From Common Good HRM: A paradigm shift in Sustainable HRM? (2020) · cites this paper as Zibarras & Coan, 2015

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Authors
Zibarras, L. D., & Coan, P.
Affiliations
  • City, University of London (GB)
  • University of Leeds (GB)
Corresponding author
Zibarras, Lara D.
ORCID
Zibarras, Lara D.
Venue
The International Journal of Human Resource Management
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2015-01-20
Volume
26
Issue
16
Pages
2121-2142
ISSN
  • 0958-5192 (ISSN-L)
  • 1466-4399
DOI
10.1080/09585192.2014.972429
OpenAlex
W1985646987
Cited by
390
References
6
Citations by year
2026: 34 · 2025: 55 · 2024: 60 · 2023: 59 · 2022: 50 · 2021: 46 · 2020: 30 · 2019: 30 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 2
FWCI
21.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • The International Journal of Human Resource Management (publishedVersion)
  • City Research Online (City University London) (acceptedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Environmental Sustainability in Business
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
Keywords
human resource management practices, pro-environmental behavior, employee environmental behavior, management involvement, environmental performance, behavior change

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