The Influence of Socially Responsible Human Resource Management on Employee Performance in Chinese Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Enterprises

Abstract

This study aims to investigate both the direct influence of socially responsible human resource management on employee performance and its indirect influence through prosocial identity, prosocial self-efficacy, and empathy within Chinese pharmaceutical manufacturing enterprises. Additionally, this study adopts a mixed-methods research design. In the qualitative part, face-to-face interviews serve as the primary method for data collection. In the quantitative part, a non-experimental quantitative approach, specifically employing survey research methods, is utilized. This study employs SPSS and AMOS softwares to conduct structural equation models and hierarchical regression models to validate the research hypotheses. The study found that socially responsible human resource management not only has a direct positive promoting effect on employee performance but also indirectly affects employee performance through prosocial identity, prosocial self-efficacy and empathy. The results of qualitative research align with those of quantitative research.