Relationship Among Green Human Resource Management, Green Knowledge Sharing, Green Commitment, and Green Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model

Kalimullah Khan; Muhammad Shahid Shams; Qaisar Khan; Sher Akbar; Murtaza Masud Niazi

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.924492

Relationship Among Green Human Resource Management, Green Knowledge Sharing, Green Commitment, and Green Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model

Front Psychol. 2022 Jun 30:13:924492. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.924492. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Kalimullah Khan¹, Muhammad Shahid Shams¹, Qaisar Khan², Sher Akbar³, Murtaza Masud Niazi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Business Administration, Kardan University, Kabul, Afghanistan.
² Department of Arts and Media, Foundation University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
³ Department of Management Sciences, Comsats University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Abstract

This study aims to examine the underlying mechanism of the relationship between perceived green human resource management (GHRM) and perceived employee green behavior (EGB). By drawing on attitude and social exchange theories, we examined green commitment (GC) as a mediator and green knowledge sharing (GKS) as a moderator of the GHRM-EGB relationship. The study employs partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to analyze 329 responses. Data were collected in two time lags. The empirical results confirmed that GC mediates the relationship between GHRM and EGB. However, the study results found that GKS moderated the indirect influence of GHRM on green behavior via GC. This research signifies the effect of GHRM, GKS, GC, and green behavior on organizations' sustainability and environmental management. Despite the emerging literature on the significance of green practices in organizations for environmental management, no study has examined the moderating role of GKS on the indirect effect of GHRM on green behavior via mediating role of GC. This study offers valuable insight into environmental management in organizations through green practices and green behavior.

Keywords: GHRM; green behaviors; green commitment; green knowledge sharing; organization psychology.