The Impact of Electronic Human Resource Management Practices on Bank’s Environmental Performance

Abstract

The environment change is the most complicated issue that world is facing today. These changes particularly from financial sectors, mainly create negative impact on the environment. This situation compelled the banks to involve themselves in responsible activities and improve their environmental performance. Nowadays, it is observed that HRM (human resource management) functions can be transformed and integrated in digital forms within banks known as e-HRM. Thus, in rapidly changing environment, banks are trying to adopt e-HRM (electronic human resource management) applications to enhance the bank’s environmental performance. Hence, the objective of this study is to find out the impact of e-HRM on bank’s environmental performance of selected Commercial banks in Batticaloa Region of Sri Lanka. This study was conducted theoretically and empirically in Sri Lankan banks. In order to achieve the objective, primary data were collected from 155 employees of selected bank branches and the structured questionnaire was administered to collect the data. The data were analyzed by using univariate, bivariate and multivariate analyses. The finding of the study revealed that e-HRM practices have positive and significant impact on bank’s environmental performance in overall. And it was also seen that communication which is one of the eHRM practices was found to have positive and significant impact on bank’s environmental performance however, recruitment and selection, employee data and pay management, performance management, training and development, knowledge management and operational and other HRM activities were not a significant predictor of bank’s environmental performance. The current study will be vital in understanding the empirical knowledge regarding the impact of e-HRM practices on bank’s environmental performance.