Does Employee Care Trigger Innovation Under a Healthy and Safe Working Environment? Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry in China
Sustainability of the workforce becomes a crucial issue, of which responsible care for employees can increase job satisfaction and human capital that impact corporate ability to absorb and generate new knowledge. Firms are obligated to provide a healthy and safe working environment for their employe...
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| description | Sustainability of the workforce becomes a crucial issue, of which responsible care for employees can increase job satisfaction and human capital that impact corporate ability to absorb and generate new knowledge. Firms are obligated to provide a healthy and safe working environment for their employees, but it may in turn hinder innovation due to rigid and structured institutional regulations. Drawing on data of 308 China’s pharmaceutical firms from 2010 to 2017, we investigated whether employee care can trigger innovation under corporate adoption of the occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS). Our results suggest that both employee care and OHSMS adoption have a positive impact on innovation. Moreover, the positive relationship between employee care and innovation was more pronounced in firms that had adopted the OHSMS certification. These findings are valuable to policymakers and corporate managers in emerging economies through corroborating the important role of workforce sustainability in facilitating firm innovation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ad2d31ac65d04539996af7f2d75cc8412023-12-03T13:11:41ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322021-02-019219410.3390/healthcare9020194Does Employee Care Trigger Innovation Under a Healthy and Safe Working Environment? Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry in ChinaMinghui Yang0Qian Lin1Petra Maresova2International Business School, Guangzhou College of South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510800, ChinaInternational Business School, Guangzhou College of South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510800, ChinaFaculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, 50002 Hradec Kralove, Czech RepublicSustainability of the workforce becomes a crucial issue, of which responsible care for employees can increase job satisfaction and human capital that impact corporate ability to absorb and generate new knowledge. Firms are obligated to provide a healthy and safe working environment for their employees, but it may in turn hinder innovation due to rigid and structured institutional regulations. Drawing on data of 308 China’s pharmaceutical firms from 2010 to 2017, we investigated whether employee care can trigger innovation under corporate adoption of the occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS). Our results suggest that both employee care and OHSMS adoption have a positive impact on innovation. Moreover, the positive relationship between employee care and innovation was more pronounced in firms that had adopted the OHSMS certification. These findings are valuable to policymakers and corporate managers in emerging economies through corroborating the important role of workforce sustainability in facilitating firm innovation.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/2/194employee careworkforce sustainabilityoccupational health and safetyinnovationpharmaceutical industry |
| spellingShingle | Minghui Yang Qian Lin Petra Maresova Does Employee Care Trigger Innovation Under a Healthy and Safe Working Environment? Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry in China Healthcare employee care workforce sustainability occupational health and safety innovation pharmaceutical industry |
| title | Does Employee Care Trigger Innovation Under a Healthy and Safe Working Environment? Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry in China |
| title_full | Does Employee Care Trigger Innovation Under a Healthy and Safe Working Environment? Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry in China |
| title_fullStr | Does Employee Care Trigger Innovation Under a Healthy and Safe Working Environment? Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does Employee Care Trigger Innovation Under a Healthy and Safe Working Environment? Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry in China |
| title_short | Does Employee Care Trigger Innovation Under a Healthy and Safe Working Environment? Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry in China |
| title_sort | does employee care trigger innovation under a healthy and safe working environment evidence from the pharmaceutical industry in china |
| topic | employee care workforce sustainability occupational health and safety innovation pharmaceutical industry |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/2/194 |
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