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2022 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Achieving Sustainable Development Through Green HRM: The Role of HR Analytics

Authors : Shatha M. Obeidat, Shahira O. Abdalla

Published in: Sustainable Development Through Data Analytics and Innovation

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Environmental management is considered an important parcel of Sustainable development set by the United Nations (UN). Accordingly, organizations today are looking for innovative ways to improve their environmental management. As part of environmental management practices is the Green HumanResource Management (Green HRM). The current paper is intended to respond to the challenge of achieving sustainable performance by organizations whereby Green HRM contributes to the development of circular economy (CR) business models. First, the current paper describes the environmental dimension of sustainable development. Then, it highlights the major role Green HRM plays in achieving sustainable and environmental performance; thus helping organizations to capture the potential interface between Green HRM and Circular Economy (CE). In the end, an explanation of how HR analytics and related HR matrices are utilized to improve strategic decisions related to Green HRM, thus improving the environmental organizational performance.

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Metadata
Title
Achieving Sustainable Development Through Green HRM: The Role of HR Analytics
Authors
Shatha M. Obeidat
Shahira O. Abdalla
Copyright Year
2022
Book
Sustainable Development Through Data Analytics and Innovation

Print ISBN: 978-3-031-12526-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-031-12527-0

Copyright Year: 2022

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12527-0_10

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