A Conceptual Framework of Power Outage, Global Economic Recession and Green Human Resources Management: A Palestinian Health Sector Perspective

Abstract

This study explores the effect of the power outage and global economic recession crises on green human resource management (GHRM) practices. The current study aims to find effective and ineffective GHRM practices used by businesses in the context of economic crises in order to improve workforce productivity (WP) during all those crises in the health sector of Palestine. A questionnaire-based survey was used, and data were collected from 254 healthcare professionals working in various public hospitals in Palestine through convenience sampling. Structural equation modeling-partial least square (PLS-SEM) was used for data analysis. Results revealed that both power outages and global economic recession have significant positive impacts on GHRM. Findings also confirmed that GHRM has a positive effect on WP. This study helps the health managers to think about the power outage and global economic recession of the public hospitals. Following the various types of crises, the most common human resource management strategy was to reduce the number of workers through the downswing, either freeze or reduce some training and growth costs. While the performance objectives were formulated harder and more challenging. However, the incentive measures and benefits have not been seriously impacted. Whereas the GHRM procedures need to be revised, it is also a central responsibility of the company to safeguard the employee's interests in response to crises.