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Hina Zafar

Hanyang University · 経営学

研究室紹介

Professor Hina Zafar’s research lab specializes in sustainable organizational behavior, with a strong focus on green human resource management, environmental leadership, and employee pro-environmental behavior in high-impact industries such as textiles. Her work integrates social exchange theory, conservation of resources (COR) theory, and social identity theory to explore how organizational practices—ranging from green HRM to servant leadership—foster psychological empowerment, organizational identity, and voluntary sustainability initiatives. The lab emphasizes empirical research in Pakistan’s industrial sector, particularly in environmentally sensitive contexts, to advance corporate social responsibility and green performance. Key research directions include the role of psychological climate, perceived support, and sequential mediation mechanisms in driving pro-environmental behavior.

green HRMpro-environmental behaviorservant leadershiporganizational climatesustainability in textiles

Research Overview

Papers
18
Total Citations
338
Papers (5y)
14
Primary Field
経営学

Research Output Trend

Figures are computed from collected data and may differ slightly.

Publications per year (5y)
14total
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
Citations per year (5y)
253total
20222023202420252026

Selected Papers

15
1
Article|57 citations·2024
Examining the Effects of Green Human Resource Management Practices, Green Psychological Climate, and Organizational Pride on Employees’ Voluntary Pro-Environmental Behavior
Hina Zafar, Yuliani Suseno
SJR Q1Organization & EnvironmentOA

Drawing on social exchange theory and social identity theory, we examined a sequential mediation process linking green human resource management practices and employees’ voluntary pro-environmental behavior. We also considered the aspects of green psychological climate and organizational pride in the relationship between green human resource management practices and voluntary pro-environmental behavior. Through the analysis of data from 459 employees and their 109 respective managers working in

MarketingBusiness, Management and Accounting
2
Article|53 citations·2021
Fostering Creativity and Work Engagement Through Perceived Organizational Support: The Interactive Role of Stressors
Aneeq Inam, Jo Ann Ho, Hina Zafar, Unaiza Khan, Adnan Ahmed Sheikh, Usama Najam
SJR Q1SAGE OpenOA

The increasing interest of organizations in innovating and surviving during stressful work environments has led scholars to ponder ways to increase employee’s creativity. The study aims to empirically examine the relationship between perceived organizational support (POS) and employee creativity through work engagement and the moderating effect of challenge and hindrance stressors. The theoretical lens of social exchange theory was used to explain the study framework. Data was collected from 324

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
3
Article|46 citations·2022
Promoting pro‐environmental behavior through organizational identity and green organizational climate
Hina Zafar, Jo Ann Ho, Jun‐Hwa Cheah, Rosmah Mohamed
SJR Q1Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

This study was conducted to explore the influence of green human resource practices on employees' voluntary pro‐environmental behavior through the sequential mediation path of green organizational climate and organizational identity. A total of 459 employees from the textile industry in Pakistan participated in the study. The results were collected using two sources (managers and employees) at two time points. The proposed research model of the study was tested using structural equation modeling

MarketingBusiness, Management and Accounting
4
Article|44 citations·2022
Catalyzing voluntary pro-environmental behavior in the textile industry: Environmentally specific servant leadership, psychological empowerment and organizational identity
Hina Zafar, Jo Ann Ho, Jun‐Hwa Cheah, Rosmah Mohamed
SJR Q1Journal of Cleaner Production
MarketingBusiness, Management and Accounting
5
Article|27 citations·2023
Green thumbs at work: Boosting employee eco-participation through ecocentric leadership, green crafting, and green human resource management
Hina Zafar, Ashish Malik, Ritika Gugnani, Reeti Agarwal, Shivinder Nijjer
SJR Q1Journal of Cleaner Production
MarketingBusiness, Management and Accounting
6
Article|27 citations·2025
How green servant leadership influences organizational green performance? The roles of employee green creativity, voluntary pro-environmental behavior and green psychological climate
Hina Zafar, Jun‐Hwa Cheah, Jo Ann Ho, Yuliani Suseno, Feng Tian
SJR Q1Personnel Review

Purpose Drawing from the resource-based view and social information processing theory, this study explores the role of green servant leadership on organizational green performance and the mechanisms underpinning this relationship. Design/methodology/approach This study focuses on the textile industry in Pakistan, known as one of the most environmentally polluting sectors globally. Data were collected from 32 textile companies in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Using a purposive sampling approac

MarketingBusiness, Management and Accounting
7
Article|23 citations·2022
Environmentally specific servant leadership and voluntary pro-environmental behavior in the context of green operations: A serial mediation path
Hina Zafar, Feng Tian, Jo Ann Ho, Gaoqi Zhang
SJR Q2Frontiers in PsychologyOA

Green operations of organizations and enhancement of corporate social responsibility hinges upon leaders. This study investigated the influential role performed by environmentally specific servant leadership in provoking voluntary pro-environmental behavior of employees. The findings illuminate a serial chain mediation model that originates as a result of environmentally specific servant leadership and leads toward psychological empowerment, and organizational identity, ultimately leading toward

MarketingBusiness, Management and Accounting
8
Article|21 citations·2024
Understanding voluntary pro‐environmental behavior among colleagues: Roles of green crafting, psychological empowerment, and green organizational climate
Hina Zafar, Feng Tian, Jo Ann Ho, Taewoo Roh, Badar Latif
SJR Q1Business Strategy and the EnvironmentOA

Abstract A concerning surge in pollution has drawn increased attention to sustainability efforts. The lack of environmentally conscious human behavior contributes significantly to environmental degradation. This research explores the impact of perceived colleague support towards the environment (PCSE) as a catalyst for promoting employees' green initiatives. Underpinned by the conservation of resources (COR) theory, the study reveals a sequential chain mediation model, wherein PCSE initiates a p

MarketingBusiness, Management and Accounting
9
Article|16 citations·2019
Innovation as a mediator between Innovative Culture, Transformational Leadership, Knowledge Management, Learning Orientation, and Performance
Hina Zafar, Khawaja Khalid Mehmood
JISR management and social sciences & economicsOA

It is believed that for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), innovation is most important to deliver performance. Literature indicates that the most significant antecedents of innovation are learning orientation, transformational leadership, knowledge management, and innovative culture. Further, a research gap exists regarding the mediating effect of innovation for the relationships among these antecedents and SMEs performance in the Pakistan context. The scope of research is limited to SM

Business and International ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
10
Article|15 citations·2016
Relationship between market orientation, organizational learning, organizational culture and organizational performance: Mediating impact of innovation
Hina Zafar, Muhammad Haroon Hafeez, Mohd Noor Mohd Shariff
Universiti Utara Malaysia Institutional Repository (Universiti Utara Malaysia)OA

This paper explores the relationship between market orientation, organizational culture, organizational learning, innovation and performance.On the basis of extensive literature, a model of relationship of variables has been developed.This paper has discussed four types of organizational culture by presenting competing value framework model of organizational culture proposed by Cameron and Quinn (1999).This paper provides useful information to the organizations aiming to increase their performan

Strategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
11
Article|4 citations·2023
Pro-environmental Behavior and GHRM: Effects of Organizational and Coworker Support for Environment
Hina Zafar, Yuliani Suseno, Jo Ann Ho
Academy of Management Proceedings

The expansion of the textile industry has a significant impact on Asia’s rising pollution levels and the deterioration of the global environment. The study investigates the effects of green human resource management practices on employees’ organizational citizenship behavior for the environment, using data collected from textile industry employees in Pakistan, one of the major exporters of textile products in the world. Our findings indicate that green human resource management practices influen

MarketingBusiness, Management and Accounting
12
Review|4 citations·2025
Shades of green and transformational leadership: Predicting employees' green creativity and green work engagement at work
Shavneet Sharma, Norah Albishri, Hina Zafar, Anthony Singhal, Gurmeet Singh
SJR Q1Acta PsychologicaOA

As the tourism sector faces increasing pressure to reduce its environmental footprint, employees are emerging as vital agents of sustainable transformation. Employing the stimuli-organism-response (SOR) framework and data collected from 324 employees, this study investigates the psychological processes underlying green work engagement. Covariance-based structural equation modeling revealed that both green attitudes and resource commitment are significant predictors of individual green values, wh

MarketingBusiness, Management and Accounting
13
Article|1 citations·2015
Mediating impact of innovation on relationship between market orientation, organizational learning,organizational culture and organizational performance
Hina Zafar, Muhammad Haroon Hafeez, Mohd Noor Mohd Shariff
Universiti Utara Malaysia Institutional Repository (Universiti Utara Malaysia)OA

This paper explores the relationship between market orientation, organizational culture, organizational learning, innovation and performance.On the basis of extensive literature, a model of relationship of variables has been developed.This paper has discussed four types of organizational culture by presenting competing value framework model of organizational culture proposed by Cameron and Quinn (1999).This paper provides useful information to the organizations aiming to increase their performan

Business and International ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
14
Book Chapter|0 citations·2026
Going Green: Leveraging Green HRM to Foster a Green Culture and Empower Employees in a Polycrisis Era
Hina Zafar, Jo Ann Ho
Humanism in business series
MarketingBusiness, Management and Accounting
15
Book Chapter|0 citations·2025
Greening the Workforce for Product Recycling and Energy Conservation
Hina Zafar, Yuwei Sun, Bader Unnisa Mehdi, Amine Lekmiti
Industrial ecology
Strategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting

Research Areas

MarketingBusiness and International ManagementStrategy and ManagementOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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