Mediated effect of environmental management on manufacturing competitiveness: An empirical study

Yang, Chen‐Lung; Lin, Shu-Ping; Chan, Ya-Hui; Sheu, Chwen

doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.08.017

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“…However, extant research highlights that firms' intentions to adopt environmental practices and achieve sustainability is often influenced by certain drivers and barriers. For example, research suggests that stakeholder pressure, attainment of green certifications (such as ISO 14001), and adoption of environmental management system (EMS) are some of the principal drivers that improve firms' quests to improve sustainability (Marcus and Fremeth 2009;Jabbour et al 2013;Yang, Lin, Chan, and Sheu 2010). Such drivers not only facilitate firms' abilities to meet environmental targets but also positively influence their financial performance (Jacobs, Singhal and Subramanian 2010).…”

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Green competence framework: evidence from China

Subramanian

Abdulrahman

et al. 2015

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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Recently Human Resources Management (HRM) functions such as recruitment, selection, training and performance evaluation are expected in considering environmental management (EM) issues. Environmental protective acts with adequate ecological knowledge and socioeconomic behavior and skills are referred to in this paper as green competencies. However, a systematic approach for developing and understanding key factors that enhance individuals' green competencies is lacking. This study contributes to green human resource literature by integrating environmental consumer behavior literature with traditional skills and competencies literature to help firms to select the right individuals to achieve their environmental goals. Using Robert's competencies framework and structural equation modeling (SEM), this paper empirically examines the influence of individual green competencies on organizations' green practices and performance objectives. Our model is tested using a sample of 1,230 employees working in key industries in the Chinese coastal city of Ningbo. The results indicate that acquired green competencies are more positively associated with individuals' green competencies and green behavior. The study empirically demonstrates that verifying acquired green competence attributes such as environmental knowledge, green purchase attitude and intention during employee selection would certainly be helpful for firms to identify individual green performance potential.

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Green competence framework: evidence from China

Subramanian

Abdulrahman

et al. 2015

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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“…Without trust, there can be no engagement in inter-firm information-sharing and joint collaboration. Some researchers [6,20,31,45,48] found that, when facing stressful and uncertain situations, the managers might develop distrust and fear toward their supply chain partners. If so, it is very possible that manufacturers, in the case of environmental uncertainty, are discouraged to rely on informal social ties to protect their interests.…”

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Governance Mechanisms for Green Supply Chain Partnership

Yang

Lien

2018

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Abstract:The literature has recognized the value of green supply chain management in achieving the goals of environmental management. Yet developing and fostering sustainability partnerships among supply chain organizations remains challenging. Bounded rationality and opportunistic behaviors are likely to hinder joint sustainability collaboration and performance. The literature has called for a better understanding of the governance of green supply chain collaboration. This study applies transactional cost economics as a conceptual framework to investigate the relationships among transaction features, governance mechanisms, and environmental performance. Using the data collected from 969 plants in 17 countries, the statistical analysis compares and validates the effectiveness of three alternative governance mechanisms: contractual governance, problem-solving cooperation governance, and information-sharing governance. The statistical results reveal significant performance differences in how firms apply alternative governance mechanisms to mitigate opportunism, manage adaptation problems, and improve green supply chain collaboration and performance. Overall, this study makes research contributions by confirming the mediation effects of governance mechanisms on green supply chain practices. For green supply chains to be a viable practice, firms should apply governance mechanisms in proper alignment with the nature of the collaborative and environmental conditions.

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“…Additionally, overlapping environmental and operational practises get leveraged (Yang et al, 2010;Carvalho and Cruz-Machado, 2009). Galeazzo, Furlan and Vinelli (2014) corroborate the idea suggesting that, based on previous studies, Lean and Green Manufacturing are complementary, as it can be observed in Figure 1.…”

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Approach of the Two-way Influence Between Lean and Green Manufacturing and its Connection to Related Organisational Areas

Salvador

Piekarski

Francisco

2017

Int. J. Prod. Manag. Eng.

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Initiatives toward Lean and Green Manufacturing are given mainly due to organisational response to current market's economic and environmental pressures. This paper, therefore, aims to present a brief discussion based on a literature review of the potential two-way influence between Lean and Green Manufacturing and its role on the main organisational areas with a closer relationship to such approaches, which were observed to be more extensively discussed in the literature. Naturally lean practises seem more likely to deploy into green outcomes, though the other way around can also occur. There is some blur on the factual integration of both themes, as some authors suggest. Notwhithstanding, they certainly present certain synergy. Thereupon, further research is needed to unveil the real ties, overlaps and gaps between these approaches.

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Mediated effect of environmental management on manufacturing competitiveness: An empirical study

Cited by 331 publications

References 53 publications

Green competence framework: evidence from China

Green competence framework: evidence from China

Governance Mechanisms for Green Supply Chain Partnership

Approach of the Two-way Influence Between Lean and Green Manufacturing and its Connection to Related Organisational Areas

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