Abstract
Environmental problems are one of the major concerns in China due to booming industries and large-scale production. Manufacturing industries must change the traditional approaches of production and supply chain management practices to cope with environmental issues. For this purpose, a multidisciplinary and empirical study has been conducted in China. In the manufacturing industries around the world, there is a noticeable transition in human resource management approaches toward green human resource management (GHRM). However, green training could be considered as a critical element of GHRM and could be used as an instrument to trigger emotional intelligence (EI) of the employees, which could make them more responsible toward the external environment and result in improved green supply chain management (GSCM) practices. Similarly, regulatory pressures could also enforce manufacturing industries to contribute positively to GSCM practices. In addition, taking into account the two critical functions of GSCM practices, that is, green purchasing and eco-design, this research study attempted to bring under consideration that GSCM practices could be enhanced through EI as well. For this purpose, data were collected from 250 manufacturing industries of China through a convenient sampling technique, and structural equation modeling was applied through Smart-PLS version 3.2.7 to measure and validate the model of this study. The findings of the study revealed that GSCM practices could be improved through regulatory pressures, and EI could be used as a mediating factor to enhance the relationship between GHRM (green training) and GSCM practices.
Highlights
Sustainability is a global issue in today’s business world, and firms have to be careful about environmental issues, for their better image in today’s competitive environment (Tang et al, 2018). Gotschol et al (2014) argued that businesses should give more focus to green supply chain management (GSCM) for a better and sustainable environment
In line with the idea of Gosling et al (2016), trainings can result in sustainable supply chain, and Shafique et al (2019) stated that green training (GT) moderates the process of green supply chain integration; we proposed our first hypothesis: Hypothesis 1 (H1): GT Positively affects the adoption of GSCM practices in the manufacturing industry
This research contributes to the literature of GSCM, by adding a new dimension that regulatory pressures could result in improved GSCM practices in manufacturing industries; we proposed our second hypothesis: Hypothesis 2 (H2): There exists a positive relationship between regulatory pressure and GSCM practices in manufacturing industries
Summary
Sustainability is a global issue in today’s business world, and firms have to be careful about environmental issues, for their better image in today’s competitive environment (Tang et al, 2018). Gotschol et al (2014) argued that businesses should give more focus to green supply chain management (GSCM) for a better and sustainable environment. Gotschol et al (2014) argued that businesses should give more focus to green supply chain management (GSCM) for a better and sustainable environment. It has become more challenging for firms to deal with several internal and external changes at the same time. Companies cannot be profit-oriented only for their survival and growth in the long run. They have to consider social, economic, and environmental factors as well (Daily et al, 2008). For the implementation of environmentally friendly strategies, strong leadership and concrete processes are required (Glavas et al, 2010)
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