2. Literature Review
2.1 Human Energy as Human Dimension of Sustainability in Organizations
Several approaches to sustainability confirm the relevance of human component to build the environment, yet
few practices based on this concept have been implemented as sustainability is generally addressed to the
evaluation of natural resources consumption in the building lifecycle (Attaianese, 2012). In fact, embedding
environmental sustainability ES deeply into an organization requires changes in thinking and behavior across all
levels of employees in all areas and levels of an organization such as the participation of every employee in recycling, or turning off equipment and lights that aren’t requested. Actually when ES is truly embedded within
an organization, it infuses the thinking and behavior of employees to go beyond compliance with rules or norms
but even to participate in innovating changes in work processes (Laszlo & Zhexembayeva, 2011).That’s why
managing human energy is particularly challenging, and it is requiring HRM systems that are consistently
aligned to clarify and support organizational ES goals to align their employees’ actions and their energy with
organizational ES goals. Accordingly, HRM systems can play a main role in embedding ES throughout an
organization through setting an effective human energy management (Dubois, 2012).