Environmental Practices and Performance: The Moderating Effect of Capability Enhancement through Buyers and Production Employees’ Job Devotion

Abstract

This study investigates the influence of green management practices on environmental performance of firms. The effectiveness of buyers’ activities to enhance suppliers’ capability is also investigated by examining its moderating effect. Next, the moderated moderation effect of production employees’ job devotion is empirically examined. This study extends the scope of environmental management from the individual firm level to the supply chain perspective, by investigating firms’ internal activities for environmental performance as well as the role of buyers’ support for suppliers. Production employees’ job devotion, a form of internal resources of firms, is also found to influence environmental performance by interacting with manufacturing processes. The enlarged scope of this study, considering the discipline of human resource management, enriches the literature on environmental management and helps firms devise suitable strategies.