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Untangling the influence of green human capital on green supply chain management practices through environmental education and internal environmental management

Majid Murad (School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China)
Shuli Zou (Foreign Languages School, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian, China)

International Journal of Innovation Science

ISSN: 1757-2223

Article publication date: 18 April 2023

Issue publication date: 12 November 2024

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Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to investigate the impact of green human capital (GHC) on green supply chain management (GSCM) practices (environmental education and internal environmental management) and sustainable supply chain performance.

Design/methodology/approach

This study used a survey method to collect data from 350 randomly selected manufacturing firms in China, including supply chain and human resource professionals from the period of December 2021 to June 2022.

Findings

The partial least squares-structural equation modeling version 4 is applied to assess the data and test the hypotheses. Under the notion of resource-based view theory, the findings demonstrate that GHC has a positive and significant relationship with GSCM practices (environmental education and internal environmental management) and that GSCM practices are positively associated with the sustainable supply chain performance.

Practical implications

This study offers implications for Chinese manufacturing firms to use GHC on dimensions of GSCM implementations for achieving environmental, financial and social performance.

Originality/value

This study finds that GHC as a critical enabler for implementing GSCM practices, resulting in more robust and better sustainable supply chain performance (environmental, financial and social performance).

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge the participants of manufacturing firms of China for their timely responses and feedback.

Declaration of competing interest: There is no conflict of interests to declare.

Funding: No funding was received for this study.

Citation

Murad, M. and Zou, S. (2024), "Untangling the influence of green human capital on green supply chain management practices through environmental education and internal environmental management", International Journal of Innovation Science, Vol. 16 No. 5, pp. 855-876. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJIS-01-2023-0026

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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