Impact of Human Resource Factors on Perceived Environmental Performance: an Empirical Analysis of a Sample of ISO 14001 EMS Companies in Malaysia

Kaur, Harjeet

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“…ISO 14001 is also used as a strategy for improving stakeholders' satisfaction in general; in particular, the external stakeholders, usually identified as the community, are the most affected in terms of satisfaction (Bansal and Hunter, ; Hubbard, ; Tuppura et al , ). Another important stakeholder positively affected in terms of satisfaction by ISO 14001 certification seems to be employees; various authors reported that environmental strategies positively affect employee satisfaction objectives (Sharma and Kodali, ; Hubbard, ; Kaur, ; Curkovic and Sroufe, ; Santos et al , ; Tarí et al , ). In fact, an EMS is often associated with an improvement in workplace health and safety conditions (Tinsley, ; Ahsen, ; Wiengarten et al , ).…”

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Setting Strategies outside a Typical Environmental Perspective Using ISO 14001 Certification

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2017

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The scope of this research is to evaluate whether ISO 14001 certification could be used as a strategic vehicle for achieving objectives that are not strictly linked to a technical and operative perspective, and to determine what these objectives are. In order to find these objectives, a review of the literature was first conducted to determine what they were and seven hypotheses emerged. The hypotheses concerned the possibility of using ISO 14001 as a strategy for achieving objectives related to finance and turnover, customer satisfaction, community satisfaction, employee satisfaction, health and safety in the workplace, and growth and skills of employees. The validity of each hypothesis was tested via a survey of 164 managers of European manufacturing companies. This research produced interesting findings, some of which contradicted the findings of other research, in particular for financial and turnover objectives. In addition, the research revealed interesting relationships between employees' skills and issues such as Design for the Environment and Sustainability. Furthermore, some limitations of ISO 14001 with respect to the Eco‐Management and Audit Scheme regulation emerged. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment

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Setting Strategies outside a Typical Environmental Perspective Using ISO 14001 Certification

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2017

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“…The survey items for management commitment (item number 1 to 9), employee empowerment (item number 10 to 17), feedback and review (item number 18 to 25), and rewards (item number 26 to 33) can be found in Kaur's (2011) study on the relationship between HR factors and perceived environmental performance. The scales are measured using a five-point Likert scale (1=strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree).…”

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“…The aim of this paper is to extend previous research by proposing and testing an integrative research model which links several HR factors to employee attitudes. The HR factors identified include management commitment, empowerment, feedback and review, and rewards (Govindarajulu & Daily, 2004, p. 365;Kaur, 2011). In essence employee attitude reflects job satisfaction and the individual's commitment to the organization (Landy, et al, 1993 as cited by Karia & Asaari 2006, p. 33).…”

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“…soft factors) are particularly essential to the success of an EMS (Daily & Huang, 2001;Daily et al, 2003Daily et al, , 2007Fernandez, Junquera & Ordiz, 2003;Govindarajulu & Daily, 2004;Kaur, 2011;Wee & Quazi, 2005). For example, of the seven critical factors for environmental management identified by Wee and Quazi (2005), three are human resource factors: top management commitment, employee involvement and training.…”

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“…The framework emphasizes the integration of management commitment, employee empowerment, feedback and review, and rewards as key elements for successful implementation of an ISO14001 EMS and hence enhanced environmental performance. Kaur (2011) furthers the academic work highlighted above by undertaking an empirical investigation using a sample of middle and lower level employees working in five Malaysian manufacturing companies currently certified to ISO 14001. Her findings indicate that management commitment, feedback and review, and empowerment have a significant positive relationship to perceived environmental performance.…”

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Impact of HR factors on employee attitudes: an empirical analysis of a sample of ISO14001 EMS companies in Malaysia

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Empirical research addressing employee attitudes as it relates to the implementation of an EMS/ISO14001 is currently lacking. The aim of this paper is to extend previous research by proposing and testing an integrative research model which links several HR factors to employee attitudes'. The HR factors identified include management commitment, empowerment, feedback and review, and rewards. In this study employee attitudes refer to job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Four hundred and seventy two middle and lower level employees in five multiple manufacturing companies currently certified to ISO 14001 were the focus of this exploratory empirical investigation. In addition four of these companies are winners of the Malaysian Prime Minister's Hibiscus Award (PMHA), Malaysia's premier private sector environmental award for business and industry. In the final data analysis two hundred and twenty three survey responses were analyzed using SPSS version 16. The research hypotheses were assessed by the multiple linear regression analysis. The results indicate that management commitment and empowerment were positively and significantly linked to employee attitudes. In addition a significant positive relationship was observed between feedback and review, and job satisfaction. Specifically management commitment was the most pivotal HR factor in fostering employee attitudes. From the survey results, some lessons are drawn for managers in effort to maximize employee motivation for successful EMS/ISO14001 implementation. The study contributes to the growing body of literature on environmental management in newly industrialized countries such as Malaysia.

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This article analyzes the motivations, internalization challenges and outcomes of implementing certifiable standards for corporate biodiversity management. For this purpose, a qualitative study based on interviews with 39 environmental managers, auditors, consultants and other experts in the field was conducted. The findings show that the adoption of new standards for biodiversity management is essentially driven by the need to improve the social acceptability of activities that can have a significant impact on natural habitats. The possible benefits of certification, particularly in terms of stakeholder relationships, and the difficulty of measuring the intangible aspects of biodiversity issues are also discussed. The study contributes to the emerging literature on organizational biodiversity management and to the debates on the symbolic versus substantial adoption of certifiable environmental standards. Managerial implications for organizations interested in biodiversity management are also discussed. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment

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Impact of Human Resource Factors on Perceived Environmental Performance: an Empirical Analysis of a Sample of ISO 14001 EMS Companies in Malaysia

Cited by 26 publications

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Setting Strategies outside a Typical Environmental Perspective Using ISO 14001 Certification

Setting Strategies outside a Typical Environmental Perspective Using ISO 14001 Certification

Impact of HR factors on employee attitudes: an empirical analysis of a sample of ISO14001 EMS companies in Malaysia

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