Greening Human Resources: A Survey of City-Level Initiatives

Greening Human Resources: A Survey of City-Level Initiatives

How have environmental initiatives and “going green” permeated the human resources realm? This article, through a nationwide survey, examines the extent to which cities have incorporated environmentally friendly human resource practices. Results reveal that income, education, environmental awareness...

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Veröffentlicht in:Review of public personnel administration 2011-09, Vol.31 (3), p.227-247
Hauptverfasser: Rangarajan, Nandhini, Rahm, Dianne
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Bureaucracy
Cities
Environmental management
Environmental protection
Human resource management
Human Resources
Public Administration
Studies
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Zusammenfassung:How have environmental initiatives and “going green” permeated the human resources realm? This article, through a nationwide survey, examines the extent to which cities have incorporated environmentally friendly human resource practices. Results reveal that income, education, environmental awareness and presence of preexisting successful environmental programs have an impact on technical and strategic human resource practices in U.S. cities. This article discusses the implications for public administration.
ISSN:0734-371X
1552-759X
DOI:10.1177/0734371X11408706