Effects of Green HRM and CEO ethical leadership on organizations' environmental performance
International Journal of Manpower
ISSN: 0143-7720
Article publication date: 21 April 2020
Issue publication date: 27 July 2021
Abstract
Purpose
This study proposes and tests a model grounded in resource-based theory to describe how the formal rules embedded in an organization's green human resource management (GHRM) combine with informal cues communicated by members of the firm's upper echelon, including the CEO and members of the top management team (TMT), to affect a firm's environmental performance.
Design/methodology/approach
Multi-source data were collected from 240 human resource managers, chief financial officers and CEOs in 80 firms.
Findings
The results show that CEO ethical leadership moderates the positive relationship between GHRM and TMT green commitment, which in turn mediates the relationship between GHRM and firms' environmental performance.
Originality/value
The tested importance of CEO ethical leadership as an organizational condition that amplifies the effectiveness of strategically aligned HRM systems offers new theoretical insights to advance HRM scholarship.
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Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China funded project (grant number 71872102).
Citation
Ren, S., Tang, G. and Jackson, S.E. (2021), "Effects of Green HRM and CEO ethical leadership on organizations' environmental performance", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 42 No. 6, pp. 961-983. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-09-2019-0414
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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