Green not (only) for profit: an empirical examination of the effect of environmental-related standards on employees’recruitment
2012
Grolleau , Gilles (INRA , Montpellier (France). UMR 1135 Laboratoire Montpelliérain d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée) | Mzoughi , Naoufel (INRA , Avignon (France). UR 0767 Unité de recherche Écodéveloppement) | Pekovic , Sanja (Université Paris Dauphine (Paris 9), Paris(France). Fondation Paris-Dauphine - Chaire AFNOR Performance des organisations.)
Thanks to an original database on French firms we investigate the impact of environmental-related standards on employees’ recruitment. Using a bivariate probit model, we show that voluntary environmental-related standards (i.e., ISO 14001 standard, organic labeling, fair trade, etc.) improve the recruitment of professional and non-professional employees. This finding suggests that, beyond environmental considerations, human resources management can drive registration
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