The Impact of Green HR Practices on Employee Work Satisfaction of SMEs in Punjab, Pakistan

Abstract

Despite the fact that ‘Going Green' and being ‘Eco-Friendly' in general are topics of interest and focus these days, Green Human Resource Practices is a new area of importance that is gaining attention. The current study provides a more concrete definition of Green Human Resource Practices by elaborating on three of the most important HR practices and policies. Furthermore, it investigates the impact of green recruitment, green compensation, green training and development, and green training and development on employee work satisfaction in Pakistani SMEs. For a better comprehension and description of the study, literature was reviewed from various research papers and books. A questionnaire was distributed to 50 Punjab SMEs through Google Docs. We collected data from a population of 700 upper, middle, and lower-level employees working in SMEs of Punjab on the basis of 50 SMEs. The sample size was 250 employees. All of the questions revolved around the variables of green recruitment, green compensation, and green training and development, green innovation, and Employee work satisfaction. The responses were analyzed using SPSS Software 25 version, and the results were evaluated in order to prove the six hypotheses that were generated at the start of the study and showed that Green HR practices within the company can make employees more satisfied. All quantitative analysis results proved the hypotheses and effectively supported the effect of independent variables on dependent variables. At the end of the research, comprehensive recommendations are made based on the findings