Keywords
pro-environmental behaviour (PEB)
environmental passion
sustainable environmental performance
sustainability
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Abstract
The sustainable environmental performance of organisations is contingent upon employees' awareness of environmental concerns. Sustainable environmental performance is achieved through collective improvement driven by green human resource management (GHRM) activities and employees' green passion and behaviours within an organisation. The present study examined the sequential mediation of environmental passion and pro-environmental behaviour (PEB) as mediators between GHRM and sustainable environmental outcomes. The data were collected from the managerial staff of the selected hotels in Oman. The results highlight that sustainable environmental performance is determined by its GHRM policies and procedures, reflected in the employees’ environmental passion and PEB. The present study traces statements of contribution in the current understanding of theory and practice by providing insights to policymakers on how to improve their sustainable environmental performance through environmental passion and PEB of employees.
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