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Mendonça, Lisa Brenda (2024) The Impact of Green Human Resource Management Practices on Environmental and Economic Performance in the UK Retail Sector: The Human Resource Perspective. Masters thesis, Dublin, National College of Ireland.
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The green human resource management (GHRM) concept arose in response to the global environmental changes hitting a new discontentment and severe sustainable development needs. It is visible that the new business entities are understood as important players in the determination of sustainability on this planet; while their human resource practices are considered crucial to the building of sustainable surroundings. GHRM involves green recruitment, eco friendly performance appraisal, education and development as well as environmental management of workplaces. Also, in the face of increasing environmental concerns, the demand of stakeholders, and emphasis by regulators and investors, require businesses to take actions while adopting sustainable practices; hence the role of GHRM as a guide becomes of great concern. In this context, this research empirically focuses on this area which is going through a boom and complexities due to the fact that studies have discovered the positive influence of GHRM on the issue of environmental sustainability and to the issue of financial prosperity. The study was conducted using the interpretivism research philosophy, inductive research approach, and qualitative research strategy. The main data collection method was interviews on the managers of top retailers in the UK including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons and the data analysis was conducted using thematic analysis technique in conjunction with the Gioia methodology. The study revealed that the GHRM practices significantly impacted environmental and economic performance as evident through exploring Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons’ employees perceptions and outcome in the UK retail sector. The study results had implications for policy and practice and recommended quantitative research since adopting quantitative methods could give a better and more detailed insight of the correlation between GHRM policy and the various affected organisations including employee satisfaction, financial performance, and the environmental impact.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Supervisors: | Name Email Gross, Nicole UNSPECIFIED |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management > Human Resource Management > Performance Management > Employee Engagement G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences > Environment H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management > Human Resource Management H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Specific Industries > Retail Industry |
| Divisions: | School of Business > Master of Arts in Human Resource Management |
| Depositing User: | Ciara O'Brien |
| Date Deposited: | 30 May 2025 12:20 |
| Last Modified: | 30 May 2025 12:20 |
| URI: | https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/7706 |
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