Influence of Green Human Resource Management Practices on Environmental Sustainability in Service Based State Corporations in Kenya

Abstract

Initiatives of Green management have become an important factor in businesses that are thinking ahead around the world. Studies have argued that employees must be inspired, empowered and be made environmentally aware of greening in order for them to carry out green management initiatives. The study therefore sought to evaluate the influence of green human resource management practices in environmental sustainability of five service based state corporations in Kenya. It addressed specific practices that included green recruitment and selection, green training and development, green reward and green performance management practices on environmental sustainability in state corporations in Kenya. The study used four theories namely. The study adopted a descriptive design but specifically a survey which involved collecting data from five state corporations in order to test hypotheses of the study. The target population were the 13,940 managerial staff in state corporations in Kenya. The sample size was 122 respondents. Multistage sampling was adopted to select the individual subjects randomly. Primary data was collected using a self - administered semi structured questionnaire while secondary data was collected from journals and databases. Data was analyzed quantitatively and both descriptive and inferential statistics was used. Multiple regression model was used to establish the relationship between the independent variables and the dependent variable which are explained in the model. The results were presented in form of tables. The study assists organizations appreciate and implement the relevant Green Human Resource Practices. The study found that green recruitment had a positive influence on environmental sustainability in state corporations in Kenya. Further the study found that green training and development had significant influence on environmental sustainability, green reward had the least influence and green performance management practice had the highest influence on environmental sustainability. Overall, green human resource management practices were found to have a positive influence on environmental sustainability among state corporations. The adjusted R square indicated that green human resource management practices in exclusion of the constant variable explained the change in environmental sustainability. The study recommended that state corporations in Kenya to adopt green human resource management initiatives that are geared towards enhancing environmental sustainability in State Corporations in Kenya. On the area of further study it is recommended that future researchers should look into the mediating / moderating factors influencing environmental sustainability.