Green Human Resource Management and Organizational Sustainability: The Mediating Role of Employee Environmental Commitment in Private Higher Education Institutions in Makassar
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.58812/wsis.v4i08.3068Keywords:
Green Human Resource Management, Employee Environmental Commitment, Organizational Sustainability, PLS-SEM, Higher EducationAbstract
This study aims to examine the effect of Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) on Organizational Sustainability, with Employee Environmental Commitment serving as a mediating variable among employees of Universitas Wira Bhakti and Universitas Muslim Indonesia. A quantitative research design with a survey approach was employed. The study population consisted of 460 employees, and 214 respondents were selected using the Slovin formula and proportionate stratified random sampling. Data were collected through a five-point Likert-scale questionnaire and analyzed using Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) with Smart PLS 4. The findings indicate that Green Human Resource Management has a positive and significant effect on Employee Environmental Commitment (β = 0.981; p < 0.001). However, Green Human Resource Management has no significant effect on Organizational Sustainability (β = 0.647; p = 0.113), and Employee Environmental Commitment also has no significant effect on Organizational Sustainability (β = -0.704; p = 0.062). Furthermore, Employee Environmental Commitment does not mediate the relationship between Green Human Resource Management and Organizational Sustainability (p = 0.063). These findings suggest that while Green Human Resource Management effectively enhances employees' environmental commitment, it has not yet translated into improved organizational sustainability within the sampled higher education institutions. Therefore, successful implementation of GHRM should be complemented by supportive organizational culture, environmentally oriented leadership, and sustainability-focused institutional policies to achieve long-term organizational sustainability.
References
[1] J. Elkington, "Partnerships from cannibals with forks: The triple bottom line of 21st-century business," Environmental Quality Management, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 37–51, 1998, doi: 10.1002/tqem.3310080106.
[2] A. Kim, Y. Kim, K. Han, S. E. Jackson, and R. E. Ployhart, "Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, FL," Journal of Management, pp. 1–56, 2017.
[3] C. Freire and P. Pieta, "The Impact of Green Human Resource Management on Organizational Citizenship Behaviors: The Mediating Role of Organizational Identification and Job Satisfaction," Sustainability, vol. 14, no. 13, pp. 108–123, 2022, doi: 10.3390/su14137557.
[4] M. Ramdhan and V. L. D. Pasaribu, Manajemen Sumber Daya Manusia. Pascal Books, 2022.
[5] E. Prasaputra Utama, S. Anggarawati, and C. Author, "Praktik Green Human Resource Management Pada Pt Bank Bengkulu," Journal of Business and Management, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 837–861, 2022.
[6] S. K. Mousa and M. Othman, "The Impact of Green Human Resource Management Practices on Sustainable Performance in Healthcare Organization: A Conceptual Framework," Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 243, 2020, doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118595.
[7] N. A. Siburian and A. Sugiarto, "Implementasi Praktik Green Human Resources Management (Studi Kasus pada Perusahaan Pertambangan)," JURISMA: Jurnal Riset Bisnis Dan Manajemen, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 981–989, 2022.
[8] M. Abbas et al., "Green HRM practices and environmental sustainability," 2021.
[9] P. T. Nurmadani and J. Waskito, "Pengaruh Green Human Resource Management, Komitmen Karyawan dan Perilaku Ramah Lingkungan Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan," Paradoks: Jurnal Ilmu Ekonomi, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 234–256, 2025, doi: 10.57178/paradoks.v8i4.1739.
[10] AlNaqbi et al., "Commitment to environmental practices in higher education," 2024.
[11] Yong et al., "Mediating mechanisms in green HRM," 2023.
[12] Singh et al., "Employee environmental behavior and GHRM," 2023.
[13] M. Aboramadan, "The effect of green HRM on employee green behaviors in higher education: the mediating mechanism of green work engagement," International Journal of Organizational Analysis, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 7–23, 2022, doi: 10.1108/IJOA-05-2020-2190.
[14] S. Saravanan and G. Yoganandan, "Green Human Resource Management: An Innovative Approach Towards Sustainability," SSRN Electronic Journal, 2025, doi: 10.2139/ssrn.5091465.
[15] Tunio, "Integrating sustainability into HRM practices," 2025.
[16] A. A. M. Alrifae, "Green human resource management and sustainable performance: A systematic literature review," Sustainable Futures, vol. 11, 2026, doi: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101580.
[17] T. T. H. Pham and B. S. Doan, "Employee Green Behaviour in the Vietnamese Healthcare Sector: Integrating Socially Responsible Human Resource Management and Environmental Transformational Leadership," SAGE Open, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 1–19, 2026, doi: 10.1177/21582440251409044.
[18] Noor Faezah et al., "Green training and environmental preservation," 2024.
[19] M. Li, J. Martínez-del-Río, P. Li, and J. P. Guthrie, "Exploring the antecedents of green human resource management: A path dependence perspective," Journal of Business Research, vol. 181, p. 114743, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.114743.
[20] Lazano R. et al., "Training staff on sustainable campus practices," 2024.
[21] Amjed et al., "Green reward and compensation in organizations," 2024.
[22] A. Ambarwati, D. Wahyuni, A. J. Dewi, W. Kuswara, and R. Purwani, "Green Human Resources Management in Industrial Companies on Sustainable Business: Conceptual Approach," Jurnal Ekonomi Syariah Pelita Bangsa, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 292–299, 2023.
[23] E. Baykal and O. Bayraktar, "Green human resources management: A novel tool to boost work engagement," Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 13, 2022, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.951963.
[24] T. A. Norton, H. Zacher, and N. M. Ashkanasy, "Organisational sustainability policies and employee green behaviour: The mediating role of work climate perceptions," Journal of Environmental Psychology, vol. 38, pp. 49–54, 2014, doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2013.12.008.
[25] D. K. A. K. Malokani et al., "The Green HRM Impact on Employees' Environmental Commitment: Mediating Effect of Organizational Pride," Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 83–92, 2024.
[26] Z. Zalfanda Helza, A. Soedarsono, and T. Pusriadi, "The Effect of Competency Development on Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment in Improving Employee Performance," Jurnal Manajemen Motivasi, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 2938–2954, 2026, doi: 10.29406/jmm.v22i1.8961.
[27] IFRS S1, "General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information," 2023.
[28] Saunders et al., "Research methods for business students," 2019.
[29] Hair et al., "A primer on partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM)," 2022.
[30] Creswell & Creswell, "Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches," 2018.
[31] Sakaran & Bougie, "Research methods for business: A skill building approach," 2020.
[32] Creswell & Creswell, "Research design update," 2023.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2026 Indira Basalamah, Firdaus Firdaus, Andi Haerani
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Facebook 
Instagram 
Twitter 
Youtube 
westscience.journals@gmail.com