Journal Article

Influence of Green Human Resource Management on firm’s environmental performance: Green Employee Empowerment as a mediating factor

Bruce, Emmanuel, Amankwah, Ophelia, Zhang, Jianhua, Lassey, Francis Ako, Adu Sarfo, Philip, Nyantakyi, George

2024

Overview

This research aimed to investigate the mediating function of Green Employee Empowerment (GEE) in the relationship between Green Human Resource Management practices (GHRM) and the environmental performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana, drawing on the Ability-Motivation-Opportunity (AMO) theory. This study assessed the hypotheses in the established research model using structural equation modeling based on data collected from 320 participants from small and medium-sized firms in Ghana. The study’s results revealed that GHRM practices were significantly correlated with the firm’s environmental performance. The study found significant GHRM’s indirect consequences on environmental performance through GEE in all models examined. These findings suggest that GEE plays a crucial role in translating the impact of GHRM practices into improved environmental performance. The study overlooked other potential mediators or moderators in the relationship between GHRM practices and environmental performance, focusing on GEE. To better understand the complex dynamics behind GHRM techniques’ environmental performance, future research might examine business culture, leadership style, and employee sustainability attitudes.

• Publisher: Public Library of Science,Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subject: Beliefs, opinions and attitudes / Biology and Life Sciences / Business enterprises / Climate change / Competitive advantage / Consumption / Corporate culture / Developing countries / Ecology and Environmental Sciences / Efficiency / Emission standards / Employee attitude / Employee empowerment / Employee involvement / Employee performance / Employees / Empowerment / Environmental aspects / Environmental auditing / Environmental management / Environmental performance / Environmental protection / Environmental regulations / Evaluation / Green human resource management / Green technology / Human resource management / Hypotheses / Innovations / ISO standards / LDCs / Mediation / Resource management / Small & medium sized enterprises-SME / Small business / Social Sciences / Structural equation modeling / Sustainable development