The role of green innovation in the relationship between green HRM practices and sustainable business performance; evidence from the mining industry

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Title

Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration

Publisher

Emerald

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School of Business and Law / Centre for People, Place and Planet

RAS ID

69796

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Suleman, A. R., Kyei-Frimpong, M., & Akwetey-Siaw, B. (2024). The role of green innovation in the relationship between green HRM practices and sustainable business performance; evidence from the mining industry. Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1108/APJBA-09-2023-0471

Abstract

Purpose: Drawing on the natural resource-based view (NRBV) theory, the study aimed to examine the mediating role of green innovation (GI) in the nexus between green human resource management practices (Green HRMPs) and sustainable business performance (SBP). Design/methodology/approach: This study adopted the descriptive time-lagged research design. Data were collected from 278 managerial staff of five mining companies in Ghana at different waves within a 3-month interval. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data received using the statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) statistics (V. 26.0) and Smart PLS (V.4.0). Findings: The study found that Green HRMPs significantly related more to economic performance (EP) than social performance (SP) but did not significantly relate to environmental performance (EnP). Moreover, the results revealed that GI partially mediated the nexus between Green HRMPs and both SP and EP but fully mediated the link between Green HRMPs and EnP. Originality/value: The relevance of Green HRMPs in ensuring corporate sustainability has been largely established in the extant literature. However, there is an evidential dearth of studies in the literature concerning the mediating role of GI in the nexus between Green HRMPs and SBP, especially in developing economies context. Hence, this study serves as a significant contributing card from Ghana by advancing the NRBV theory.

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10.1108/APJBA-09-2023-0471

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