The Practice of Green HRM in Poland – with the Focus on Elements of the HR Function

• Authors: Katarzyna Piwowar-Sulej

Abstracts

EN

Theoretical background: Employees’ behavior plays a crucial role in the organizational environmental performance. There are many factors which influence pro-ecological behavior among employees, however, this paper focuses on the practices related to green human resources management (HRM) and – in particular – to the HR function.Purpose of the article: The purpose of this paper is to answer the following research questions: 1) What is the scope of using the practices related to the green HR function? 2) Which elements of the green HR function require further improvement?Research methods: For the purpose of the article, literature studies and empirical research based on a survey method have been used. In her analyses, the author has included additional variables such as the origin of capital and company size.Main findings: The organizations under study are in the preliminary stages as far as the implementation of green HRM practices is concerned. Both variables (the company size and the origin of capital) play a role in the implementation of the analyzed practices.

Keywords

EN

sustainable human resource development; sustainable HR function; green practices; pro-ecological practices

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej
• Journal: Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, sectio H – Oeconomia
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 75-84

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Katarzyna Piwowar-Sulej

• Wrocław University of Economics and Business

• https://orcid.org/0000000246274344

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Identifiers

DOI

10.17951/h.2021.55.2.75-84

Biblioteka Nauki

2166149