Kian Chuan Chang is the Regional Director of Customs Brokerage for the Asia Pacific Region of GEODIS Logistics based in Singapore. He has close to 25 years of professional working experience in the logistics industry since the middle of 1996, and spent a few years working overseas in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Tokyo from 2005 to 2009. In addition, he has also been involved in research in different fields such as lean logistics, trade compliance, e-commerce, environmental sustainability and supply chain management.
In September 2020, Kian Chuan has completed his Executive Doctorate in Business Administration (EDBA) on the theme of “Integration of Green Human Resource Management & Green Supply Chain Management in Small & Medium Enterprises” under the supervision of Professor Emmanuel Josserand, Director of the Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney.
Thesis Direction
Pr Emmanuel Josserand
Thesis Title
Integration of green human resource management & green supply chain management in small and medium-sized enterprises.
Abstract
Over the last decade, global warming and climate change have been the most pressing issues for our world. With increasing customer demand, social expectations and regulatory pressure for companies to go green, this research aims to establish a better understanding on the impacts of integration between green human resource management (GHRM) and green supply chain management (GSCM) for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in green adoption. The proposed study introduces an integrated GHRM-GSCM conceptual framework, using exploratory case study methodology to collect information from ten different SMEs in the manufacturing industry based in China, Taiwan and Thailand. The information collected from the case studies is to determine the impacts of GHRM on the successful implementation of GSCM in SMEs, as well as to have a better understanding of key factors impacting the adoption of GSCM in SMEs of different countries/markets.
The results from this study will provide valuable managerial and theoretical contributions to be used by SME business owners and business managers, policy makers and academic researchers to further enhance the development of new green management knowledge so as to better support the growth of SMEs in Asia. Despite limitations of size and resources, the research findings show that many SMEs in Asia have implemented some forms of green practices in GSCM so as to overcome different barriers encountered in operations. This research also indicates that integrating people-related green practices is critical to mitigate operational challenges such as hiring difficulty, high operating costs and lack of green awareness of older employees and foreign workers.Over the last decade, global warming and climate change have been the most pressing issues for our world. With increasing customer demand, social expectations and regulatory pressure for companies to go green, this research aims to establish a better understanding on the impacts of integration between green human resource management (GHRM) and green supply chain management (GSCM) for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in green adoption. The proposed study introduces an integrated GHRM-GSCM conceptual framework, using exploratory case study methodology to collect information from ten different SMEs in the manufacturing industry based in China, Taiwan and Thailand. The information collected from the case studies is to determine the impacts of GHRM on the successful implementation of GSCM in SMEs, as well as to have a better understanding of key factors impacting the adoption of GSCM in SMEs of different countries/markets.
The results from this study will provide valuable managerial and theoretical contributions to be used by SME business owners and business managers, policy makers and academic researchers to further enhance the development of new green management knowledge so as to better support the growth of SMEs in Asia. Despite limitations of size and resources, the research findings show that many SMEs in Asia have implemented some forms of green practices in GSCM so as to overcome different barriers encountered in operations. This research also indicates that integrating people-related green practices is critical to mitigate operational challenges such as hiring difficulty, high operating costs and lack of green awareness of older employees and foreign workers.