Contributions of HRM throughout the stages of environmental management: methodological triangulation applied to companies in Brazil

Citation

Jabbour CJC, Santos FCA & Seido Nagano M (2010) Contributions of HRM throughout the stages of environmental management: methodological triangulation applied to companies in Brazil. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 21 (7), pp. 1049-1089. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585191003783512

Abstract
The purpose of this research is to analyze the contribution of human resources management throughout the evolutionary stages of environmental management in Brazilian companies. A theoretical framework concerning environmental management and its evolution and the ‘greening’ of the functional and competitive dimensions of human resource management were developed. A methodological triangulation was developed in two complimentary phases. In the first phase, data were collected from 94 Brazilian companies with ISO 14001 certification. The data collected were analyzed and processed using statistical techniques. The conclusions of the first phase supported the second phase of this empirical research. The second phase consisted of a study of multiple cases in four Brazilian companies. The results show evidence of the first known empirical study of contributions of human resource dimensions throughout the stages of environmental management in Brazilian manufacturing companies.

Keywords
Brazil; environmental management; evolution of environmental management; human resource management; methodological triangulation

Journal
International Journal of Human Resource Management: Volume 21, Issue 7