Abstract:
The need for a proactive approach has been emerged due to the increased environmental
effect caused by businesses in various means. Therefore, most of the businesses tend to
transform their business processes into the green. In that process transforming human
resources of the business organizations into the green is crucial. Yet few pieces of
research related to the Green Human Resource Management have been carried out in Sri
Lankan context. As this field of study is still young, to bridge the gaps in the existing
literature this study was carried out to investigate the awareness, level of adaptation of
Green Human Resource Management practices in the Sri Lankan Apparel Industry and
the impact of Green Human Resource Management Practices on employees’ job
commitment. A quantitative research design was adopted in the research. Selfadministered questionnaires were distributed to collect data. A convenient sampling
technique was used to select 150 managerial level employees as the sample, getting 50
employees from each top three key players in the industry. Findings revealed that green
employee empowerment and participation and green training and development have a
very high level of adaptation in the Sri Lankan apparel industry. Moreover, a significant
impact of both green recruitment and selection and green training and development on the
employees’ job commitment was identified. To create sustainable development in the
environment further adaptation of Green Human Resource Management Practices is
essential.
Keywords: Green human resource management, Green human resource management
practices, Job commitment, Sustainable development
