GROWING GREENER: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF TRENDS IN GREEN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESEARCH

Abstract

A new area of study in the field of human resource management (HRM) has evolved as academic interest in the environment has increased. The objective of this paper is to investigate the geographical dispersion, magnitude and development of the knowledge foundation by pinpointing noteworthy writers, publications, terminologies, and periodicals while evaluating present-day written works and cognitive frameworks and emphasizing prevalent patterns of research on green human resource management (GHRM). Using a bibliometric technique, the intellectual framework of the GHRM research is examined. Findings suggest four clusters in the bibliographic coupling analysis presented in environmental management (cluster 1), employee behaviour towards organizational environmental performance (cluster 2), organizational citizenship behaviour towards the environment (cluster 3), and green supply chain management (cluster 4). The implications of this study suggest that GHRM is crucial to the theoretical and managerial aspects of human resource management for sustainable development.