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Green human resource management and sustainability: moderating role of absorptive capacity

Abdur Rachman Alkaf (Procurement Service, Indonesian Air Force Headquarters, Jakarta, Indonesia; Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Informatika dan Bisnis, Bandung, Indonesia and Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia)
M.Y. Yusliza (Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia)
Bob Foster (Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Informatika dan Bisnis Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia)
Khalid Farooq (Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia)
T. Ramayah (School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia; Department of Information Technology and Management, Daffodil International University, Birulia, Bangladesh; Department of Management, Sunway Business School, Selangor, Malaysia; Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; University Center for Research and Development, Chandigarh University, Punjab, India and Management Information Systems Department, School of Business, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan)
Zikri Muhammad (Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia)

Industrial and Commercial Training

ISSN: 0019-7858

Article publication date: 19 June 2024

Issue publication date: 19 November 2024

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Abstract

Purpose

This research aims to investigate the influence of green human resource management (HRM), with analysis and description of job position, recruitment, selection, training, performance assessment and rewards on sustainability with the resource-based view (RBV) theory as underlying theory. The extent to which absorptive capacity strengthened the “green HRM-sustainability” link as a buffering mechanism was also examined.

Design/methodology/approach

The study model was tested with empirical data gathered from 253 Indonesian oil and gas firms. The elicited data were analysed using structural equation modelling using partial least squares (PLS).

Findings

Resultantly, the (i) analysis and description of job position and (ii) recruitment positively influenced sustainability. Absorptive capacity also influenced the strength of the moderated relationship between (i) recruitment and (ii) training and sustainability.

Originality/value

As far as we know, this is the first study which assigned the moderator role of absorptive capacity in a relationship between green HRM and sustainability in oil and gas firms in Indonesia. Notably, the theoretical and practical implications of applying the empirical outcomes to the oil and gas sector were extensively discussed.

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Citation

Alkaf, A.R., Yusliza, M.Y., Foster, B., Farooq, K., Ramayah, T. and Muhammad, Z. (2024), "Green human resource management and sustainability: moderating role of absorptive capacity", Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. 56 No. 4, pp. 290-310. https://doi.org/10.1108/ICT-02-2024-0013

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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