Green Human Resource Management- A Review and Research Agenda
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Recent global attention has focused on environmentalism, spurred by initiatives like the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 and conferences such as Bali 2007 and Copenhagen 2009, as well as notable industrial accidents like the BP Texas City Refinery incident in 2005, which resulted in fatalities and injuries. Within the management discipline, there's a burgeoning body of research on various aspects of sustainability, including Green marketing, Green accounting, Green retailing, and Green management in general. However, Green human resource management (GHRM) research, which addresses the HRM dimensions of environmental management (EM), remains fragmented and diverse in comparison.
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