Green Human Resource Management System Development in Africa: A Systematic Literature Review
Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) has garnered widespread international attention, yet the GHRM practices implementation and the challenges they face in African organisations remain underexplored. Given that the majority of GHRM studies in the African context have been published over the past f...
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| description | Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) has garnered widespread international attention, yet the GHRM practices implementation and the challenges they face in African organisations remain underexplored. Given that the majority of GHRM studies in the African context have been published over the past four years, there is a clear need for a systematic review of the literature on GHRM in this region. This review examines 23 studies to identify which GHRM topics have been explored in the African context and what theories and methodologies have been adopted in these studies. Drawing from the selected literature, a conceptual framework is established to facilitate a more structured understanding of GHRM practices within the African context, which finds that GHRM works as an organisational subsystem embedded within broader institutional, environmental, and socio-economic systems. In the concluding section, this review paper further highlights the key gaps in the existing research and offers recommendations for future studies related to GHRM implementation in African organisations. This review paper contributes to the growing body of knowledge in both the theoretical and practical areas of GHRM, while also contributing to the broader goal of sustainable development in Africa. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7ee702ba9304401ab5b5206fe84ff85d2025-08-20T02:47:13ZengMDPI AGSystems2079-89542025-07-0113752610.3390/systems13070526Green Human Resource Management System Development in Africa: A Systematic Literature ReviewJinghan Wang0Lijun Tang1Jinhua Zhang2Bong-Keun Choi3Chris Phillips4Plymouth Business School, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UKPlymouth Business School, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UKPlymouth Business School, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UKPlymouth Business School, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UKPlymouth Business School, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UKGreen Human Resource Management (GHRM) has garnered widespread international attention, yet the GHRM practices implementation and the challenges they face in African organisations remain underexplored. Given that the majority of GHRM studies in the African context have been published over the past four years, there is a clear need for a systematic review of the literature on GHRM in this region. This review examines 23 studies to identify which GHRM topics have been explored in the African context and what theories and methodologies have been adopted in these studies. Drawing from the selected literature, a conceptual framework is established to facilitate a more structured understanding of GHRM practices within the African context, which finds that GHRM works as an organisational subsystem embedded within broader institutional, environmental, and socio-economic systems. In the concluding section, this review paper further highlights the key gaps in the existing research and offers recommendations for future studies related to GHRM implementation in African organisations. This review paper contributes to the growing body of knowledge in both the theoretical and practical areas of GHRM, while also contributing to the broader goal of sustainable development in Africa.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-8954/13/7/526green human resource managementAfrican organisationsemployee green behaviourgreen innovation systemgreen creativity |
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| title | Green Human Resource Management System Development in Africa: A Systematic Literature Review |
| title_full | Green Human Resource Management System Development in Africa: A Systematic Literature Review |
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| title_short | Green Human Resource Management System Development in Africa: A Systematic Literature Review |
| title_sort | green human resource management system development in africa a systematic literature review |
| topic | green human resource management African organisations employee green behaviour green innovation system green creativity |
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