Green Harmonious Human Resource Management: Insights and Future Research Agenda for Convergence of Sustainability, Corporate Responsibility and Eco-Behavior

Firms face challenges influenced by government regulations, resource pressures,
corporate reputation management, and an imbalance of interests between multiple
stakeholders, which have highlighted concepts such as green harmony, green human
resource management, employee green behavior, corporate environmental behavior,
and corporate social responsibility. Existing research is fragmented and mostly relies
on a singular perspective. This paper explores these concepts under the connotation of
green-harmonious human resource management. To systematically integrate this topic
and explore the holistic conceptual meaning and relationship of green harmony,
sustainability, and environmental behaviors with human resource management, it is
necessary to conduct a comprehensive review of the existing literature to unify
research themes and directions, identify research potential, and develop relevant
theories and implications for practice. This paper examines relevant topics through
bibliometric analysis of studies published in well-reputed peer-reviewed journals and
refines the research labels, concluding four distinct perspectives, i.e., ecology,
harmony, responsibility, and resources. A comprehensive framework for greenharmonious human resource management is constructed and avenues for future
research are identified.