Volume 15, Issue 1
School of Business, Shaoguan University, Guangdong, China
Published： 28 February 2024 ，
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Liao Hung-Yi.How to Facilitate Employee's Workplace Environmental-Friendly Behavior: The Joint Impact of Green Transformational Leadership and Green Human Resource Management[J].Journal of Chinese Human Resources Management,2024,15(01):3-15.
Liao Hung-Yi.How to Facilitate Employee's Workplace Environmental-Friendly Behavior: The Joint Impact of Green Transformational Leadership and Green Human Resource Management[J].Journal of Chinese Human Resources Management,2024,15(01):3-15. DOI： 10.47297/wspchrmWSP2040-800501.20241501.
Given the severity of environmental issues today
stimulating employees' pro-environmental behaviors has gradually become a management issue of concern for organizations. This study begins with two major green management tools
green transformational leadership
and green human resource management
to explore whether they can interact to influence employees' pro-environmental behavior. Specifically
it examines the interactive effects of green transformational leadership and green human resource management on employees' pro-environmental behavior and investigates the mediating role of environmental commitment in this relationship. This study used a questionnaire survey to collect data from 186 employees in China in two waves. The results indicate that green transformational leadership
green human resource management
and environmental commitment can positively influence employees' pro-environmental behavior. In addition
green transformational leadership and green human resource management positively interact with employees' environmental commitment and pro-environmental behavior. Finally
environmental commitment played a mediating role in this relationship. These findings provide important theoretical and practical insights for organizations to implement green management effectively.
Green human resource managementPro-environmental behaviorEnvironmental commitment
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