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Green Human Resources in Latin American Organizations: A Review of the State of the Art and Future Directions

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Green Human Resource Management Research

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Latin America is well known for its rich biodiversity and key role its ecosystem plays in securing a more sustainable development. Latin American countries have experienced rapid political and economic change over recent years. A number of these changes affect the way that organizations in Latin America consider sustainability as a management priority, and what is the role of HRM in promoting a sustainability agenda within organizations. In this context, one of the most important recent developments in Latin American organizations is the recognition that green human resource management plays a fundamental role in moving Latin American organizations toward higher levels of sustainability management. The 10 Challenges for Sustainable HR Managers’ is an example of how Latin American countries can inspire the HR managers and scholars around the world to pursue a greener human resource management. However, a systematization of the state of the art literature review on green Human Resources in Latin America is still missing. Thus, the objective of this book chapter is: to systematize the state of the art literature on green Human Resource Management in Latin America and propose future directions.

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  1. EM Lyon Business School, Écully, France

    Charbel José Chiappetta Jabbour

  2. Federal University of Mato Grosso Do Sul Câmpus de Três Lagoas, Três Lagoas, Brazil

    Adriano Alves Teixeira

  3. São Paulo State University, Bauru, Brazil

    Adriano Alves Teixeira

  4. FUCAPE Business School, Vitória, Brazil

    Nelson Oliveira Stefanelli

  5. University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

    Abbas Mardani

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    Pascal Paillé

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Jabbour, C.J.C., Teixeira, A.A., Stefanelli, N.O., Mardani, A. (2022). Green Human Resources in Latin American Organizations: A Review of the State of the Art and Future Directions. In: Paillé, P. (eds) Green Human Resource Management Research. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06558-3_6

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