Driving Environmental Performance in Universities: The Interplay of Green HRM, Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Government Support

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of public university faculty members' GHRM practices on Environmental Performance of universities through the mediation role of Organizational Citizenship Behaviour toward Environment (OCBE) and the moderating effect of Government Support and Intervention (GSI). This study used a quantitative approach and utilized PLS-SEM technique, with a sample of 180 respondents from the faculty members of public universities located in Khulna Division of Bangladesh using purposive sampling technique. The results of this study indicated that among the three sets of GHRM practices, Green Motivation Enhancing Practices (GMEP) and Green Employee Involvement Practices (GEIP) had a significant relationship with OCBE but Green Competence Building Practices (GCBP) failed to show any effect. Furthermore, the mediation analysis spectacles that OCBE execute complementary mediation role amid GMEP and EP, and indirect only mediation between GEIP and EP but no significant mediation between GCBP and EP. Additionally, the results indicated that GSI did not moderate the relationship between OCBE and EP. Despite being a cross-sectional study and being executed only public university of Khulna division of Bangladesh only, this research contributes to the literature by understanding of how GHRM practices impact academic personnel’s behaviour towards environmental sustainability in the presence of governmental support and intervention. The findings offer valuable insights for academic institutions of South Asian environmentally vulnerable countries seeking to enhance their environmental performance through targeted human resource management strategies.