Green Human Resource Management Practices and Employee Performance in Pharmaceutical Firms in Nigeria

The study assessed green human resource management practices and employee performance in Pharmaceutical firms in South-east Nigeria. The specific objectives of this study were to: examine the effect of green recruitment and selection on employee engagement of Pharmaceutical firms and ascertain the effect of green training and development on employee satisfaction of Pharmaceutical firms. Research design was descriptive survey research. Study Area was South East, Nigeria. The sample size of 332 respondents were taken from 2,455 staff out population of 11 registered Pharmaceutical companies in South-East Nigeria (Manufacturer Association of Nigeria, 2023). Research questions of the study were answered using mean score and standard deviation. The hypotheses stated were tested using t-statistic and f-statistic. The empirical results showed that green recruitment and selection has significant effect on employee engagement of Pharmaceutical firms in South-east Nigeria (t-statistic; 5.046; P-value; 0.000 < Sig-value; 0.05); there is significant effect of green training and development on employee satisfaction of Pharmaceutical firms in South-east Nigeria. The study concluded that green human resource management practices have positive and significant effect on employee performance in Pharmaceutical firms in South-east Nigeria. The study recommends that management of Pharmaceutical firms in South-east Nigeria should pay adequate attention to induction training as it provides opportunity to the new employees to get familiarize with their current posts and makes them apprehend the general aims, policies, scope, challenges, and organization of the industry.