Journal of Innovations

Vol. 4, Issue 6

Digitalizing Sustainability: The Role of E-HRM and Green Employee Behaviors in Corporate Carbon Neutrality 

AUTHOR(S)

Michael Ikenna Udodiugwu, Kingsley Enyinna Eneremadu, Ugochukwu Jude Obiakor, Chioma Ezinwanne Anyaegbunam, Chibuzo Charles Nwosu and Eric Ifeanyi Ndulue

ABSTRACT

This study examines the role of Electronic Human Resource Management (E-HRM) in driving Corporate Carbon Neutrality through the mediating mechanism of Green Employee Behaviors (GEB). Positioned within the volatile, infrastructure-constrained manufacturing sector of Southeast Nigeria, the research investigates how digital workflows promote sustainable industrial outcomes. Utilizing a total enumeration sampling technique, primary data was gathered via a hybrid distribution approach from 294 full-time employees across four major firms in the Awka, Nnewi, and Onitsha clusters: Juhel Pharmaceutical, Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing, Chikason Group, and Millennium Plastics. Data analysis was executed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) via SmartPLS v4. The empirical results reveal that E-HRM exerts a strong, direct, positive effect on GEB (β = 0.584$, t = 11.241), which in turn significantly influences Corporate Carbon Neutrality (β = 0.492, t = 8.653). Crucially, mediation analysis confirms that GEB significantly bridges the relationship between digital HR platforms and emission reductions (β = 0.287, t = 6.418). These findings demonstrate that cloud-based infrastructures do not achieve environmental targets automatically; rather, they serve as digital frameworks that support employee green behaviors that contribute toward organizational carbon reduction initiatives.

 DOI

https://doi.org/10.62470/2f260673 

CITE THIS ARTICLE 

Udodiugwu, M. I., Eneremadu, K. E., Obiakor, U.J., Anyaegbunam, C. E., Nwosu, C.C. and Ndulue, E. I. (2026). Digitalizing Sustainability: The Role of E-HRM and Green Employee Behaviors in Corporate Carbon Neutrality. Journal of Innovations, 4(6), 23-47. https://doi.org/10.62470/2f260673