English

Lin Ru Jen

doi:10.5897/ajbm10.1399

Abstract

In response to increasing worldwide awareness of the importance of business sustainability, there have been more and more environmental regulations enforced in the last decade for example, waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)” and the “restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS). Those regulations have enormous impact on global supply chain systems and have begun to force companies to implement green supply chain management (GSCM). More specifically, firms must collaborate with their supply chain partners to improve their environmental management. This study examines the moderating effects of total quality environmental management (TQEM) on the relationship between GSCM and environmental performance (EP). The research premise is that total organizational effort from top management and employees facilitate the implementation of GSCM, which ultimately enhances green performance. The statistical results indicate that the interactions of GSCM and TQEM enhance environmental performance. Specifically, firms that implement GSCM practices and simultaneously adopt TQEM perform better in all aspects of environmental management. Several managerial implications are presented with suggestions for future research. Key words: Green supply chain management, environmental management, total quality environmental management.

Highlights

Negotiation skills become more important in the increasingly globalized world market and research on business negotiation needs to provide more in-depth knowledge for scholars and negotiation practitioners
The design of questionnaire based on the “Dual Concern Model” by Pearson (1995), covering the tendencies of negotiations which measures a respondent’s attitude towards five negotiation category styles: “accommodation,” “collaboration,” “avoidance,” “competition,” and “consultation.” The results indicate that generally both Taiwanese and IndonesianChinese college students are influenced by their cultural areas, scenarios of conflicts, and the beliefs
In the category of accommodation, the subcultural difference reached the level of significance (T= 4.303, P

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Introduction

Negotiation skills become more important in the increasingly globalized world market and research on business negotiation needs to provide more in-depth knowledge for scholars and negotiation practitioners. Geographically close countries do trade with each other very frequently, and while these cultural differences are less pronounced, they are still likely to influence negotiation process. The Chinese in different countries have mostly established solid and firm economic foundations through hard operations with the national nature of persistence, diligence and endurance. Such foundations have formed great influences in the international society. In 2005, the country which had the highest number of Chinese population in the world was Indonesia. The ratio of the number of Chinese in Indonesia to that of Indonesians was 3.5%. The Chinese population controls 80% of the economy. Most Chinese in Indonesia were economically above the median level.

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