Vol: 15, Issue: 3 2025

Page: 31-45

Green Human Resource Management (GHRM): A Strategic Approach to Sustainability and Employee Engagement

Dahlia Abdulhussein Ahmed, Moamin Mazin Salim, Mustafa Ali Ibrahim

Received Date: 2025-05-29

Accepted Date: 2025-07-19

Published Date: 2025-07-24

http://doi.org/10.37648/ijtbm.v15i03.003

In light of the rapid environmental changes and global pressures to achieve sustainable development, the concept of Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) has emerged as a strategic tool to enhance organizational performance and achieve environmental and social goals. This study aims to analyze the relationship between GHRM practices on one hand, and the level of employee engagement and the achievement of institutional sustainability on the other. A descriptive quantitative approach was used, through developing a questionnaire distributed to a sample of employees in industrial and commercial institutions, and the data were analyzed using advanced statistical techniques such as SPSS, regression analysis, and Pearson correlation coefficient.

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