Green intellectual capital and green HRM enabling organizations go green: mediating role of green innovation
International Journal of Innovation Science
ISSN: 1757-2223
Article publication date: 13 April 2022
Issue publication date: 18 April 2023
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to investigate the complex relationship between green intellectual capital (GIC), green human resource management (GHRM) and green innovation (GI) for improvement in the environmental performance (EP) of an organization.
Design/methodology/approach
The data collected from 456 food manufacturing firms in Pakistan was used for structural equation modeling through SmartPLS. Hypotheses were tested through path analysis, predictive relevance and effect size of variables.
Findings
The findings show that GIC and GHRM have no direct impact on EP; instead, GI plays a mediating role to make GIC and GHRM helpful in improving an organization’s EP. Also, the environmental strategies play a significant role in the EP and act as a moderator in the relationship between GI and EP.
Originality/value
The Global Climate Risk Index has ranked Pakistan as the fifth most vulnerable to climate change. Industrial activities are contributing significantly to carbon emissions, and therefore, it is vital to mitigate and adapt to climate change to improve the organization’s EP. The findings of this study show that GIC, GHRM and GI can significantly enhance the EP of food manufacturing firms in Pakistan.
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Acknowledgements
Corrigendum: It has come to the attention of the publisher that the article Ullah, S., Mehmood, T. and Ahmad, T. (2022), “Green intellectual capital and green HRM enabling organizations go green: mediating role of green innovation”, International Journal of Innovation Science, doi: 10.1108/IJIS-12-2021-0222, did not include a sufficient citation of the article Shafique Ur Rehman, Sascha Kraus, Syed Asim Shah, Dmitry Khanin, Raj V. Mahto, Analyzing the relationship between green innovation and environmental performance in large manufacturing firms, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 163, 2021, 120481, ISSN 0040-1625, doi: 10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120481.
The following text has been added at the end of Section 2: Theoretical Modelling: “We propose, in line with Rehman et al. (2021), that (Figure 1):” and Figure 1 has been attributed to Rehman et al. (2021).
The authors sincerely apologize to Shafique Ur Rehman, Sascha Kraus, Syed Asim Shah, Dmitry Khanin, and Raj V. Mahto for any inconvenience caused.
Citation
Ullah, S., Mehmood, T. and Ahmad, T. (2023), "Green intellectual capital and green HRM enabling organizations go green: mediating role of green innovation", International Journal of Innovation Science, Vol. 15 No. 2, pp. 245-259. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJIS-12-2021-0222
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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