Impact of green human resource management on sustainable performance in the healthcare sector in India – role of green innovation, risk management and social responsibility
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.64171/JSRD.4.3.82-85Keywords:
Green HRM India, Sustainable performance, Indian healthcare sector, Green innovation, Risk management, CSRAbstract
In India’s briskly growing healthcare sector, sustainability concerns have become increasingly prominent due to high waste generation, energy consumption, and resource-intensive operations. Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) has emerged as a purposeful approach for merging environmental awareness into HR policies and employee practices. This descriptive paper relies exclusively on secondary data from India to study how GHRM affects sustainable performance in Indian healthcare institutions. It synthesizes findings from Indian research studies, industry reports, and conceptual literature to explore the role of green innovation, risk management, and social responsibility in enhancing environmental and operational efficiency. The paper concludes that although Indian hospitals exhibit rising interest in GHRM, its implementation remains uneven, emphasizing the need for structured, India-specific frameworks.
References
Green HRM: the future of HR work. Arts Research [Internet]. Available from: https://arts.eu/en/insights/article/green-hrm-the-future-of-hr-work/
Understanding green innovation: a conceptual framework. ResearchGate [Internet]. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360521350_Understanding_Green_Innovation_A_Conceptual_Framework
Sustainable development: article ID 545. Sustainability [Internet]. Available from: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/2/545
Green HRM and sustainability article summary. Taylor and Francis Online [Internet]. Available from: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311975.2024.2374625
Anshima A, Bhardwaj B, Sharma D, Chand M. Ensuring sustainability through green HRM practices: a review, synthesis and research avenues. Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, 2024. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JOEPP-10-2023-0493
P S, Prakash KC, Arun R, C N, Kousalya M, Sivaperumal K. Green HRM practices and the factors forcing it: a study on health care entities in Chennai. International Journal of Professional Business Review. 2023;8(9):e03773. Available from: https://doi.org/10.26668/businessreview/2023.v8i9.3773
Pinzone M, Guerci M, Lettieri E, Redman T. Progressing in the change journey towards sustainability in healthcare: the role of green HRM. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2016;122:201-11. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.02.031
Green HRM in healthcare: case study. ACG Publishing [Internet]. Available from: https://acgpublishing.com/index.php/CCB/article/view/273/290
Correia AB, Shahzad MF, Martins JM, Baheer R. Impact of green human resource management towards sustainable performance in the healthcare sector: role of green innovation and risk management. Cogent Business and Management, 2024, 11(1). Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2024.2374625
Ullah S, Mehmood T, Ahmad T. Green intellectual capital and green HRM enabling organizations go green: mediating role of green innovation. International Journal of Innovation Science. 2023;15(2):245-59. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJIS-12-2021-0222
Green HRM: a paradigm for healthcare sustainability. ResearchGate [Internet]. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Madhusmita-Dash-2/publication/369542844_Green_Hrm_A_New_Paradigm_for_Health_Care_Sustainability
Das S, Dash M. Green HRM – a novel approach to the sustainability of the health care sector. Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023, 25-30. Available from: https://doi.org/10.52711/2321-5828.2023.00005
Aggarwal M, Dutta M, Madaan V, Pham LT, Lourens M. Impact of green human resource management on sustainable performance. E3S Web of Conferences. 2023;399:07005. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202339907005
Alipour N, Sangari MS, Nazari-Shirkouhi S. Investigating green human resource practices in the healthcare sector: a joint application of balanced scorecard and SIR method. 2019 15th Iran International Industrial Engineering Conference (IIIEC), 2019, 283-8. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/IIIEC.2019.8720625
Anwar N, Nik Mahmood NH, Yusliza MY, Ramayah T, Noor Faezah J, Khalid W. Green human resource management for organisational citizenship behaviour towards the environment and environmental performance on a university campus. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2020;256:120401. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120401
Jamal T, Zahid M, Martins JM, Mata MN, Rahman HU, Mata PN. Perceived green human resource management practices and corporate sustainability: multigroup analysis and major industries perspectives. Sustainability. 2021;13(6):3045. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063045.
