Examining the Interaction of Green Working Engagement for explaining the Eco-friendly empowerment of Employees by Green HRM. A study on higher education sector of Pakistan using SEM

Abstract

The present study was aimed to examine the mediation effect of green work engagement in the relationship of green HRM practices and eco-friendly employee empowerment in the higher education sector of Pakistan. For achieving these objective, the data was collected from 368 respondents using convenience sampling approach through online means from the employees serving in the chartered universities in the major cities of Pakistan. The exogenous variable was green HRM practices, while the endogenous variable was eco-friendly employee empowerment and the mediating variable was green work engagement. The initial analysis using SPSS and Smart PLS of the data revealed that all the factors along-with their constructs were internally and externally reliable and valid by meeting the threshold level. The structural equation modelling revealed that all the hypothesis was accepted and the SEM estimation concluded that there is a strong mediating effect of green work engagement in the relationship of green HRM and eco-friendly employee empowerment. The managerial implications of the study are that the policymakers and management of higher education sector of Pakistan can boost the eco-friendly empowerment of their employees by carefully considering the green practices of HRM and green work engagement of their employees. The findings of the study are applicable to the education/higher education sector of other regions but no other sector due to the distinct nature of targeted population. The future research may include the other factors of green management like csr or cg for examining their impact in the eco-friendly employee empowerment for the higher education sector of Pakistan.

   Keywords: Green HRM, Green work Engagement, Green Employee empowerment, Higher education, Pakistan.