Visualizing the hierarchical sustainable human resource management under qualitative information and complex interrelationships

Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to construct a valid hierarchical sustainable human resource management (SHRM) model with interrelationships among its attributes in terms of qualitative information.

Design/methodology/approach

This study applies the fuzzy Delphi method to validate SHRM attributes and visualize the causal interrelationships among these attributes using a fuzzy decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory method.

Findings

This study finds that green performance management and compensation lead to human resource benefits and economic sustainability in the HRM model.

Practical implications

Open environmental communication, green human resource planning, green training and development, employee eco-friendly behavior and organizational culture are the top five criteria supporting practical improvement in the healthcare industry.

Originality/value

The emergence of new, unprepared, and inexperienced health care entities with inadequate human resource management (HRM) potentially causing social problems within the industry, SHRM is necessary to balance the social, environment, and economic performance and must be studied by both academicians and practitioners. However, the HRM application field is still in its infancy, which limits the understanding of its potential.

Citation

Parng, Y.-J., Kurrahman, T., Chen, C.-C., Tseng, M.L., Minh Hà, H. and Lin, C.-W. (2021), "Visualizing the hierarchical sustainable human resource management under qualitative information and complex interrelationships", Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 32 No. 6, pp. 1422-1447. https://doi.org/10.1108/MEQ-04-2021-0086