Mapping The Intellectual Landscape of Green Human Resource Management: A Bibliometric Analysis of Sustainable Organizational Practices

This study uses bibliometric analysis to map the global research landscape of Green Human Resource Management (Green HRM) from 1998 to July 2025. Unlike prior reviews that covered short time spans or mixed data from multiple databases, this study offers the long-term, Web of Science exclusive analysis capturing nearly three decades of Green HRM research. It examines publication trends, influential authors, key journals, thematic clusters, and emerging topics using descriptive statistics, heat maps, keyword co-occurrence networks, and thematic mapping. The analysis reveals steady growth in Green HRM research, with a notable surge after 2015. Early studies emphasized systems and processes, while more recent work has shifted toward employee-focused and sustainability-driven themes such as green leadership, pro-environmental behavior, and corporate social responsibility. By consolidating fragmented findings, this study clarifies the intellectual structure and evolution of Green HRM and highlights future directions for scholars and practitioners seeking to align HR strategies with sustainability goals.