Green human resource management (HRM) practices can help organizations align their business strategies with the environment. Anchored in the resource-based view of the firm, this study examines the influence of green HRM practices on sustainability using cross-sectional data obtained from 112 large manufacturing firms in Malaysia. The results show that green recruitment and green training have positive effects on sustainability. However, green analysis and job description, green selection, green performance assessment, and green reward were not found to have any significant influence on sustainability. The model presented in this paper offers useful insights into the positive role of green HRM in the sustainability of manufacturing firms, and as previous studies exploring the link between green HRM and sustainability using empirical data from Malaysian manufacturing firms are scarce, this research is of significant importance for scholars and practitioners. The scope of this study focuses on emerging economies with a limited number of variables that are contextual and specific to the Malaysian economy. Future research could explore the relationship between green HRM and other variables that may contribute to the present framework in other contexts. Future studies may also consider each dimension of green HRM, or indeed other elements of green HRM, in relation to the different aspects of sustainability. © 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment

Pathways towards sustainability in manufacturing organizations: Empirical evidence on the role of green human resource management

In this paper we focus on the assumption of a common efficient frontier when performing an efficiency study for the banking sector. The fact that environmental factors that are not appropriately controlled may easily bias efficiency estimates. First, we estimate a common cost and profit frontier. In this first stage, as an innovation to the literature, we use exogenously computed input prices rather than the normally used endogenous input prices. Second, we regress the estimated inefficiencies on a set of a bank.s strategic choices, local banking market variables, and local (regional) macro variables. For the analysis, we use a unique dataset of 401 largely independent cooperative local banks in the Netherlands for the years 1998 and 1999. Our results show that the use of exogenous input prices rather than endogenous input prices is particularly important for the cost frontier as the spread in cost inefficiencies becomes larger and more plausible. Our second stage results suggest that most of the estimated inefficiency indeed is managerial (X-) inefficiency. Environmental factors do play a role, but only to a limited extent.

Bank Efficiency the Role of Bank Strategy and Local Market Conditions

Article history: Received November 29, 2019 Received in revised format January 31, 2020 Accepted February 2

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Do perceived service value, quality, price fairness and service recovery shape customer satisfaction and delight? A practical study in the service telecommunication context

Article history: Received October 25, 2019 Received in revised format November 26, 2019 Accepted December 28 2019 Available online December 29 2019 Supply chains need to redesign their existing strategies and must develop new strategies to effectively face the challenges posed by certain disruptions, both man-made and natural. This requires the supply chains to be highly flexible, visible, reliable and cost-effective leading to the achievement of Agile Supply Chain (ASC). In today’s competitive market, achieving agility in supply chain needs dynamic leadership, strategic vision, mutual cooperation from all members and effective utilization of information technology through customer focus. In spite of their initiatives to achieve ASC for improving their organizational performance, barring a few large companies, the medium and small size manufacturing companies have not yet been able to adopt and design supply chains which lead to ASC. This may be due to various challenges in the process of achieving agility. Also, the published literature in this area is very scanty. Therefore, to fill this gap, the purpose of this study is to determine the mediating role of Information Sharing Strategy (ISS) on Agile Supply Chain (ASC) practices for achieving Supply Chain Performance (SCP) in medium size manufacturing companies in UAE. An empirical survey of supply chain managers in UAE is conducted for this purpose. It is found that information sharing plays a major mediating role in ASC to achieve superior supply chain performance.

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Investigating the mediating role of information sharing strategy on agile supply chain

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship between top management commitment, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and green human resource management (GHRM).,A self-administered questionnaire was adopted to perform a systematic collection of data from manufacturing and service organisations in Malaysia. The partial least squares method was used for the conceptual framework of the study.,The observed findings indicate a significant positive relationship between top management commitment and CSR, as well all dimensions of GHRM. However, counterintuitively, the relationship between CSR and GHRM was found not to be as significant as expected (except for CSR and green analysis/job description), which can be explained through the emerging perspective that CSR and HRM should be linked.,The findings provide insights as to the nature of GHRM and how it is affected by CSR and top management commitment in an emerging economy – in this particular study, Malaysia. Moreover, the observed results highlight the crucial importance of top management commitment in implementing GHRM practices and CSR efficiently in order to create positive environmental performance.,The authors believe that, to date, no study has explored the links between top management commitment, CSR and GHRM using empirical data from Malaysia, as well as that this research is an important emerging topic for researchers, academicians and practitioners.

Top management commitment, corporate social responsibility and green human resource management: A Malaysian study

Article history: Received: June 25 2019 Received in revised format: July 29 2019 Accepted: September 4, 2019 Available online: September 4, 2019 Companies seek to adopt competitive strategies that achieve sustainability standards, not only in achieving economic success but also in serving society and preserving the environment at the same time. Pharmaceutical companies and their supply chains are facing increasing pressure to preserve the environment because of the problems caused by medical waste, and it is necessary to show their role through their strategies in preserving the environment and serving society as well. This study aims to investigate the relationship between sustainable supply chain strategies and supply chain collaboration and its effect on competitive priorities. The study investigates whether Jordanian Pharmaceutical companies incorporate the sustainability strategy into supply chain strategy, and whether that may impact its competitive priorities. The study population consists of (23) Jordanian Pharmaceutical companies. A structured questionnaire is designed and distributed among top managers in the surveyed companies. A Structural Equation Modeling technique is used to analysis the data and provide the results. Analysis proves the relationship between sustainable supply chain strategies and supply chain collaboration, where companies are interested in attaining some achievements in the area of social and environmental to gain some collaborative strategies with their partners in the supply chain. The study suggests that organizations may adopt the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) framework to evaluate their performance in a broader perspective and extend the collaboration with suppliers and customers through information sharing along the supply chain partners. © 2020 by the authors; licensee Growing Science, Canada

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Empirical study on sustainable supply chain strategies and its impact on competitive priorities: The mediating role of supply chain collaboration

Using data from 2003 to 2010, we examine the impact of economic freedom and country risks on the bank costs of potential Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) union. In estimating a common frontier, this ...

Economic Freedom, Country Risk and Cost Efficiency in Jordan and the GCC Countries:

This article sheds light on the Schumpeterian entrepreneurship in the historical and contemporary context, J.A. Schumpeter (1883-1950) propounded a theory of entrepreneurship which was at quite variance with the then commonly accepted Marshallian entrepreneurship theory of entrepreneurship as establishment and successful or profitable organization of business organizations. As against this, Schumpeter’s entrepreneurship theory associates entrepreneurship not only with organizations of businesses, but also with Innovations or continuous business development. Schumpeter costs and entrepreneurship as the central factor of economic development. The result is not a doom of capitalism foreseen by least Marx, but a progressive free-enterprise system. Thus, it is the human factor which emerges as the dominant factor in business and economic development. The theory is of contemporary relevance, as evident from the current entrepreneurship and micro enterprises to combat multiple socioeconomic problems.

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Schumpeterian Entrepreneurship Theory Evolution and Relevance

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The Role of Supply Chain Integration and Agile Practices in Improving Lead Time During the COVID-19 Crisis

Banks have changed from paper-based banking solutions provider to the latest of the technologies like mobile banking. Adoption of mobile-banking has received more attention in recent years, because there are more phones than computers in the market. But, like in any emerging technology, there exist barriers to the adoption of mobile banking services. This study will attempt to technically address these largely unfounded factors while helping to lay a roadmap for proper implementation of mobile banking technology in the Jordanian banking industry. The study found that Supportive Access factor of mobile banking is associated with the user satisfaction related to mobile banking.

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Anwar Al-Gasaymeh

Papers

Empirical study on sustainable supply chain strategies and its impact on competitive priorities: The mediating role of supply chain collaboration

Economic Freedom, Country Risk and Cost Efficiency in Jordan and the GCC Countries:

Schumpeterian Entrepreneurship Theory Evolution and Relevance

The Role of Supply Chain Integration and Agile Practices in Improving Lead Time During the COVID-19 Crisis

The Effect of Mobile Banking Application on Customer Interaction in the Jordanian Banking Industry