Sustainable human resource management practices and corporate sustainable supply chain: the moderating role of firm technology orientation

Abstract

This study investigates how corporate human resource management practices contribute to sustainable supply chain practices. The two types of human resource management practices relating to corporate social responsibility, include (1) employee standardised work conditions practices and (2) employee well-being and development practices. Corporate technology orientation is investigated as a moderating factor on the empirical evidence from 15 companies in the mobile technology industry. Results show that employee well-being and development practices lead to stronger community-oriented social responsibility, thus the increasing adoption of sustainable supply chain practices. Corporate technology orientation strengthens the positive impacts of employee well-being and development practices. These results imply the importance of adopting appropriate human resource management strategies, to deploy a sustainable supply chain.