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A novel funnel and ontological mechanism for sustainable Green Human Resource Management (GHRM)

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Understanding Human Resource Management (HRM) and linking it with sustainability is a cumbersome task. When management is linked with sustainability, it becomes Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) that includes finding various gaps that affects sustainability of an organization and impacts employee’s capacity to balance their professional and personal lives. It is necessary to understand the role of green HR practices prevailing in an organization thus impacting behaviour and productivity of employees. This article attempts to address the gap by performing bibliometric analysis for addressing the relationship between GHRM and sustainability of an organization. A Funnel Model Approach is used to categorise the theoretical and clear understanding of the articles studied and determining new areas of research. In addition to this, the works are presented in hierarchical form by creating customized ontology of the studied works of four levels of funnel approach.

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    Rivti Chand & Shivinder Nijjer

  2. Research Task, Chandigarh, India

    Aman Jandwani & Gagandeep Singh Narula

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Chand, R., Nijjer, S., Jandwani, A. et al. A novel funnel and ontological mechanism for sustainable Green Human Resource Management (GHRM). Int. j. inf. tecnol. 16, 369–374 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41870-023-01622-y

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