Integrating green human resource practices and innovation to enhance environmental outcomes for sustainable development

Tran Nguyen Yen Nhi; Bui Huy Khoi

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Tran Nguyen Yen Nhi ¹ , Bui Huy Khoi ¹ ^*

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¹ Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM^* Corresponding Author

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Climate change and environmental pollution impose the responsibility on global organizations to pursue environmentally friendly strategies. This study comprehensively explores the integration between green human resource management (GHRM) and environmental performance (EP), along with the mediating roles of green innovation (GI) and employee pro-environmental behavior (E-PEB) in this relationship, based on the ability, motivation, and opportunity theory. Furthermore, the study draws on strategy, structure, capability, and performance theory to examine the moderating role of environmental strategy (ES) on the relationship between GI and EP. The author conducts a survey of 360 manufacturers operating in Ho Chi Minh City, and the data are analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modelling. The results of the study emphasize the important role of GHRM, GI, and E-PEB in enhancing organizational EP, and ES was found not to moderate the relationship from GI to EP for sustainable development.

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green human resource management
environmental performance
green innovation
manufacturing
employees’ pro-environmental behavior
environmental strategy

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EUR J SUSTAIN DEV RES, Volume 10, Issue 3, 2026, Article No: em0400

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejosdr/18340

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