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Green HRM (Green Human Resource Management)

refers to HRM practices that promote environmental sustainability.

The goal form Green HRM

to increase employees’ environmental awareness, knowledge, skills, motivation, and pro-environmental behaviour.

examples Green HRM

green recruitment and selection, environmental training, green performance management, green rewards, and employee involvement in environmental initiatives.  

AMO for green HRM

• Ability → knowledge and skills about environment/green behaviors

• Motivation → incentives for green behaviors

• Opportunity → facilitation of green behaviors

A key factor influencing the use of Green HRM is …

the CEO’s environmental belief

CEOs who strongly care about environmental issues are more likely to …

introduce Green HRM practices.

When CEOs have more freedom to act, HRM decisions will be more …

reflective of their environmental belief than when they are restricted. 

employee environmental commitment.

This refers to employees’ sense of attachment, responsibility, and commitment to environmental issues within their workplace.

Green HRM signals that environmental sustainability is an important organizational goal, encouraging employees to …

adopt similar attitudes and behaviours. 

Employees with high environmental commitment are more likely to engage in … such as saving energy and resources, reducing waste, and contributing to environmentally friendly innovations.

pro-environmental behaviours,

Strategic choise perspective:

strategic decision-making processes (business strategy/goals and value of managers). 

Institutional theory:

use of HRM practices also largely influenced by institutional environments. 

• HRM strategy or policy can be influenced by: 

• Coercive factors (law and regulations) 

• Normative factors (professionalization of an employee group) 

• Mimetic factors (peer organizations) 

• Market economies 

Positive emotions can be understood in three ways:  

• Positive discrete emotions:

• Positive valence (e.g. circumplex model):

• Positive adaptive function:

Positive discrete emotions:

Specific emotions such as joy, pride, gratitude, interest, and awe.

Positive valence (e.g. circumplex model):

A general experience of feeling good or experiencing positive affect, rather than focusing on one specific emotion.

Positive adaptive function:

An emotion is considered positive when it leads to positive outcomes. Therefore, whether an emotion is “good” or “bad” depends on the context. Even negative emotions, such as anger or shame, can sometimes have positive effects. 

People can actively influence their emotions through …

emotion regulation strategies.

examples of emotion regulation strategies.

• Savoring

• Positive reappraisal:

• Deep acting:

Savoring

Maintaining and enjoying positive experiences. 

Positive reappraisal:

Looking at situations in a more positive way.

Deep acting:

Changing internal feelings to genuinely match the emotions required at work. 

Broaden-and-build theory  

Positive emotions influence outcomes through four main mediating channels:

1. Cognition 

2. Behaviour 

3. Affect 

4. Physiology 

1. Cognition 

Positive emotions broaden thinking and attention. This can lead to: 

• More flexible and creative thinking 

• Better decision-making and judgement 

• A broader, more holistic perspective 

cognition explained by the broaden-and-build theory:

positive emotions broaden people’s thoughts and behavioural options, helping them build long-term resources.  

2. Behaviour 

Positive emotions encourage people to engage in more adaptive and proactive behaviours, such as: 

• Cooperation and collaboration 

• Healthier behaviours 

• Exploring new opportunities 

• Developing new skills 

3. Affect 

Positive emotions can create more positive emotions and reduce the effects of negative emotions. Positive emotions can also spread to others through emotional contagion, improving social interactions and customer experiences.  

 

positivity spirals

positive emotions lead to more positive emotions

undoing effects

positive emotions buffer the effects of negative emotions

4. Physiology 

Positive emotions can improve physical functioning and health, for example through: 

• Better cardiovascular functioning 

• Lower stress responses 

• Lower cortisol levels 

• Better immune functioning