Abstract

This paper examines Green Human Resource Management (GHRM), an approach that integrates human resource practices with organizational environmental sustainability goals. As organizations increasingly face expectations to respond to climate change and environmental concerns, GHRM has gained attention as a relevant framework linking employee involvement with environmentally responsible organizational outcomes. Despite the rapid growth of studies in this area, the overall intellectual structure, global research trends, and collaboration patterns in GHRM remain fragmented and insufficiently synthesized. Accordingly, this paper addresses the research question: How has GHRM research evolved globally in terms of publication trends, key themes, and scholarly collaboration over time? The study offers a comprehensive bibliometric review of GHRM literature published between 2015 and 2025, using a dataset of 334 peer-reviewed journal articles indexed in the Scopus database. Bibliometric techniques and visualization tools are applied to examine publication growth, citation trends, co-authorship relationships, country and institutional contributions, and keyword co-occurrence patterns, thereby identifying major research themes and collaboration structures within the field. The findings indicate a noticeable increase in GHRM-related publications after 2020, reflecting growing academic and organizational interest in sustainability focused HR practices. Countries such as China, India, the United States, and several Middle Eastern nations contribute significantly to the literature. Key themes include employee green behavior, green innovation, sustainable organizational outcomes, and the supportive role of leadership in environmental initiatives. Generally, the study suggests that GHRM has gradually developed into an internationally recognized research area with increasing interdisciplinary collaboration. The results provide useful insights for researchers seeking to understand the field’s development and for practitioners aiming to adopt GHRM practices to support organizational sustainability objectives.

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