A Structural Model of The Influence of Green Intellectual Capital on Sustainable Business Performance of Thailand’s Thrift and Credit Cooperatives: The Mediating Effects of Green Human Resource Management
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This article aims to investigate the influence of green intellectual capital on the sustainable business performance of Thailand’s thrift and credit cooperatives: the mediating effect of green human resource management. A questionnaire was used to collect data from 400 of Thailand’s thrift and credit cooperatives. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analyzed the measurement and structural models. The study's findings demonstrated that green intellectual capital positively influences sustainable business performance and green human resource management. Moreover, green human resource management positively influences sustainable business performance and mediates the relationship between green intellectual capital and sustainable business performance. Therefore, this finding contributed to the existing literature by exploring green intellectual capital as an independent variable and green human resource management as a mediating variable for sustainability in Thailand's thrift and credit cooperatives. The results highlight the importance of investing in green intellectual capital for these cooperatives and practitioners to achieve sustainability through effective green human resource management.
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