Effects of green human resource management and managerial environmental concern on green innovation
European Journal of Innovation Management
ISSN: 1460-1060
Article publication date: 16 April 2020
Issue publication date: 27 May 2021
Abstract
Purpose
Green human resource management (GHRM) is critical to enhancing the ability of the companies' green innovation, but this link is rarely explored or empirically tested in the literature. Drawing upon human capital theory, the study examines a conceptual model that incorporates the effects of green human capital and management environment concern.
Design/methodology/approach
Data were collected from 143 firms in China, and the regression analysis and bootstrapping test were used to assess the hypothesis.
Findings
Our findings indicate that GHRM can positively influence green innovation, and green human capital mediated the link between GHRM and green innovation. In addition, management environment concern moderates the effect of GHRM on green human capital. The results further explore that the indirect effect of GHRM on green innovation through green human capital is significant for the firms with a high management environment concern, but not for this relationship with a low management environment concern.
Originality/value
The findings further extend the scope of GHRM research, and theoretical and practical implications of GHRM are presented to enhance environment sustainability.
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Acknowledgements
The authors thank the editor and reviewers for their advice. This research was supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Grant (2019M661395), the Ministry of Education of Humanities and Social Science project (17YJC630126), the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant (71702100; 71702099).
Citation
Song, W., Yu, H. and Xu, H. (2021), "Effects of green human resource management and managerial environmental concern on green innovation", European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 24 No. 3, pp. 951-967. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJIM-11-2019-0315
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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