KnE Social Sciences

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Investigating the Causal Relationship Between Green Human Resource Management Practices and Reduced Energy Consumption in the Food and Beverage Industry

Published date: Sep 18 2025

Journal Title: KnE Social Sciences

Issue title: The Mercu Buana Ecobiz Energy International Conference: Human Capital and Youth Involvement for Sustainable Energy

Pages: 52 - 65

DOI: 10.18502/kss.v10i23.19753

Authors:

Lia Wijaya SariManagement Department, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Mercu Buana, Jakarta

Muhammad Shirhan ThoullonManagement Department, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Mercu Buana, Jakarta

Mochamad Soeltonsoelton@mercubuana.ac.idManagement Department, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Mercu Buana, Jakarta

Yanto RamliManagement Department, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Mercu Buana, Jakarta

Anees Janee AliSchool of Business, Universiti Sains Malaysia Penang

Abstract:

Implementing green energy policies into human resource practices can encourage the creation of a positive environment. Sustainable development strategies for environmental sustainability are developing rapidly in various companies in the face of challenges and natural disasters caused by ecosystem damage, environmental pollution, climate change, and energy instability. This research aims to analyze the influence of green human resources practices, green employee behavior, and management information systems on sustainable organizational performance with the mediation of green transformational leadership. The research population is employees who have a minimum position of supervisor, with the sample being 78 food and beverage division supervisors. Quantitative research using probability sampling techniques. The survey used a questionnaire method and a Structural Equation Model (SEM) approach with the Smart-PLS analysis tool. Research findings show that employee green behavior, green human resource practices, and management information system have a significant positive effect on green transformational leadership. Employee green behavior, green human resource practices, and management information system have a significant positive effect on sustainable organization performance. Environmentally friendly transformational leadership has a significant positive effect on sustainable organizational performance. Environmentally friendly transformational leadership does not mediate the influence of environmentally friendly employee behavior on sustainable organizational performance; environmentally friendly transformational mediate the influence of environmentally friendly leadership human resource practices, and green transformational leadership does not mediate the influence of management information systems on sustainable organizational performance.

Keywords: green human resource practices, employee green behavior, information management system, sustainable organizational performance, green transformational leadership

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