Green Human Resource Management Practices and Work Engagement Mediated by Human Resource Management Performance Attributions and Managerial Support: An Empirical Study of Higher Educational Institutions of Sukkur Region, Sindh, Pakistan

Abstract

This study explores how Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) initiatives influence employees’ work engagement, focusing on the intermediary effects of Human Resource Management (HRM) performance attributions and supervisory backing within higher education institutions located in Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan. Anchored in attribution theory and enriched by the social-exchange lens, the inquiry tackles a pivotal void in knowledge concerning the ways eco-centric HR activities shape staff attitudes and conduct inside academia. Adopting a quantitative approach, the researchers distributed a structured questionnaire to 250 academic and administrative personnel in public and private universities across the region. Collected data were processed through SPSS and AMOS to generate descriptive statistics, assess reliability, test correlations, conduct confirmatory factor analysis, run structural equation modelling, and evaluate mediation via both the Baron and Kenny procedure and a bootstrapping technique. Results demonstrate that GHRM practices markedly elevate employee work engagement. Further, HRM performance attributions together with managerial support wholly transmit this effect, implying that staff read sustainable initiatives as expressions of institutional concern and intent, thereby cultivating greater engagement. These findings hold special importance for universities attempting to reconcile environmental stewardship with human-capital advancement. By situating green HRM within the tertiary-education landscape of a developing nation, this study extends existing scholarship. It advises university leaders to implement GHRM practices while simultaneously maintaining explicit communication of HR objectives and visible managerial participation in order to maximize employee engagement and overall institutional effectiveness. Such integrated efforts ultimately boost reputation, resource efficiency, and long-term sustainability outcomes.