Commitment to Human Resource Management of the Top Management Team for Green Creativity

Abstract

Drawing on the upper echelons theory and targeted at Chinese coal enterprises, this research examines the interactions of commitment to human resource management on green creativity, and discusses the mediating mechanism of green human resource management (GHRM) between them. The results show that commitment to human resource management indirectly affects the enterprise of green creativity, while GHRM intermediates the process. Environmental regulation positively regulates the relationship between commitment to human resource management (COHRM) and GHRM, as well as the intermediary role of GHRM in the relationship between COHRM and green creativity. This study provides an important reference value for the research of GHRM in China and offers practical enlightenment for the manufacturing and coal industry enterprises to carry out environmental management and achieve sustainable development.

Promoting Green Product Development Performance via Leader Green Transformationality and Employee Green Self-Efficacy: The Moderating Role of Environmental Regulation

“…Especially in the context of China's national conditions, social relationship characteristics are more important than structural characteristics [59]. The closer the cooperation between the organization and the government, the more conducive to obtaining information resources related to environmental regulation and gaining first-mover advantage [41,58]. In order to accomplish the commitment to environmental goals and achieve the balance between environment and performance [60], individuals with higher green-efficacy are likely to use the heterogeneous resources at hand to develop and transform green products to attain higher performance, which is conducive to their own enterprises to formulate green standards, establish potential barriers to entry, and gain a foothold for environmental-oriented competition [37,47].…”

“…This study measures environmental regulation based on 9 scales compiled by Huo et al [41]. A sample is, "The department of environmental supervision of the enterprise has strong independence and authority ".…”

“…First, from the perspective of the external environment, modern organizations should pay special attention to the impact of environmental regulation when considering product performance affected by environmental factors, especially in China, which is increasingly focusing on ecological performance. Technology, regulatory promotion, and market pull all force companies to no longer symbolically pursue the legitimacy of production, but rather improve environmental performance through the rational allocation of resources and benign interaction with stakeholders [37,41]. Environmental regulation is the filtering mechanism of technology and the green economy.…”

“…Cerne et al argued that whether an individual is innovative at work may depend on the existing criteria for success and failure in the work environment [ 56 ]. Environmental regulations realize the process of environmental protection in the process of economic activities via administrative coercion, market incentive, and industry commitment [ 41 ]. Administrative coercion makes companies rely on unexpected events in the institutional environment, and they must maintain social norms and rules through legal actions [ 40 ].…”

“…This research has three contributions: (1) Based on the Chinese context and previous studies by Western scholars, this study aims to demonstrate whether there is regional heterogeneity in the impact of green transformational leadership on green product development performance, and it responds to the proposition of Chinese cultural characteristics [ 41 ]. (2) Drawing upon social cognitive theory, this article uses green self-efficacy as a mediated variable to explore the internal endogenous relationships of green innovative activities.…”