The Relationship between Green Organization Identity and Corporate Environmental Performance: The Mediating Role of Sustainability Exploration and Exploitation Innovation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review and Hypotheses
2.1. Sustainability Exploration Innovation (SER) and Sustainability Exploitation Innovation (SEI)
2.2. Green Organizational Identity (GOI)
2.3. Government Environmental Regulation (GER)
2.4. The Impact of GOI on SER and SEI
2.5. The Impact of SER and SEI on CEP
2.6. The Meditation Effect of SER and SEI
2.7. The Moderation Effect of GER on The Mediating Role of SER and SEI
3. Research Methods
3.1. Samples and Data Collection
3.2. Measures
3.3. Instrumentreliability and Validation
4. Results
4.1. Results of Direct and Mediating Effects
4.2. Results of Moderated Mediation Effects
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Indicators | Number | % |
---|---|---|---|
Status of holding | Collective-holding | 112 | 29.47% |
Private-holding | 84 | 22.11% | |
State-holding | 109 | 28.68% | |
State-owned | 22 | 5.79% | |
Foreign-holding | 53 | 13.95% | |
Firm size (Number of employees) | <100 | 70 | 18.42% |
100–500 | 134 | 35.26% | |
501–1000 | 61 | 16.05% | |
>1000 | 115 | 30.26% | |
Firm age (year) | <5 | 28 | 7.37% |
6–10 | 78 | 20.53% | |
11–15 | 58 | 15.26% | |
16–20 | 77 | 20.26% | |
>20 | 139 | 36.58% |
First-Order Construct | First-Order | Second-Order Construct | |
---|---|---|---|
Indicator | Loading | Loading | |
SER with SPPD | SPPD1 | 0.825 | 0.716 |
SPPD2 | 0.776 | ||
SPPD3 | 0.716 | ||
SPPD4 | 0.770 | ||
SER with SOL | SOL1 | 0.804 | 0.721 |
SOL2 | 0.776 | ||
SOL3 | 0.724 | ||
SOL4 | 0.771 |
Construct | Factor Loadings a | CR & AVE |
---|---|---|
Corporate environmental performance (CEP) (α = 0.841) | CR = 0.882 AVE = 0.651 | |
CEP1 | 0.844 | |
CEP2 | 0.809 | |
CEP3 | 0.777 | |
CEP4 | 0.797 | |
Sustainability exploration innovation-SPPD (SPPD) (α = 0.852) | CR = 0.855 AVE = 0.597 | |
SPPD1 | 0.825 | |
SPPD2 | 0.776 | |
SPPD3 | 0.716 | |
SPPD4 | 0.770 | |
Sustainability exploration innovation-SOL (SOL) (α = 0.850) | CR = 0.853 AVE = 0.592 | |
SOL1 | 0.804 | |
SOL2 | 0.776 | |
SOL3 | 0.724 | |
SOL4 | 0.771 | |
Sustainability exploitation innovation (SEI) (α = 0.855) | CR = 0.859 AVE = 0.549 | |
SEI1 | 0.750 | |
SEI2 | 0.734 | |
SEI3 | 0.730 | |
SEI4 | 0.734 | |
SEI5 | 0.755 | |
SEI6 b | ||
Green organizational identity (GOI) (α = 0.900) | CR = 0.900 AVE = 0.600 | |
GOI1 | 0.816 | |
GOI2 | 0.736 | |
GOI3 | 0.766 | |
GOI4 | 0.788 | |
GOI5 | 0.739 | |
GOI6 | 0.798 | |
Government environmental regulation (GER) (α = 0.854) | CR = 0.854 AVE = 0.595 | |
GER1 | 0.776 | |
GER2 | 0.793 | |
GER3 | 0.746 | |
GER4 | 0.769 |
Variable | Mean | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Age | 1.187 | 0.312 | |||||||
2. Size | 2.654 | 0.732 | 0.508 ** | ||||||
3. GOI | 5.323 | 0.999 | 0.135 * | 0.074 | (0.775) | ||||
4. SEI | 5.325 | 0.899 | 0.040 | 0.072 | 0.536 ** | (0.741) | |||
5. SER | 5.427 | 0.837 | 0.006 | 0.071 | 0.550 ** | 0.640 ** | (0.771) | ||
6. GER | 5.612 | 0.932 | 0.129 * | 0.029 | 0.590 ** | 0.420 ** | 0.414 ** | (0.771) | |
7. CEP | 5.357 | 1.002 | 0.049 | 0.529 ** | 0.529 ** | 0.579 ** | 0.579 ** | 0.333 ** | (0.807) |
Hypothesized Indirect Effects | Specific Indirect Effect of GOI on CEP | Bootstrapping Percentile 99% CI | Conclusion | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower 0.50% | Boot Estimate | Upper 0.50% | |||
H3a | CEP SER GOI | 0.061 | 0.225 | 0.389 | Supported |
H3b | CEP SEI GOI | 0.089 | 0.194 | 0.298 | Supported |
Hypothesis | Moderator (V) | Indirect effect of GOI on CEP via SER | Conclusion | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
GOI (X) -> SER (M) -> CEP(Y) | |||||
Boot Effect | Lower 0.5% | Upper 0.5% | |||
H4a | Low: GER (−1SD) | 0.136 | 0.064 | 0.224 | Supported |
High: GER (+1SD) | 0.179 | 0.075 | 0.330 |
Hypothesis | Moderator | Indirect effect of GOI on CEP via SEI | Conclusion | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
GOI (X) -> SEI (M) -> CEP(Y) | |||||
Boot Effect | Lower 0.5% | Upper 0.5% | |||
H4b | Low: GER (−1SD) | 0.173 | 0.090 | 0.269 | Supported |
High: GER (+1SD) | 0.132 | 0.045 | 0.243 |
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Xing, X.; Wang, J.; Tou, L. The Relationship between Green Organization Identity and Corporate Environmental Performance: The Mediating Role of Sustainability Exploration and Exploitation Innovation. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 921. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16060921
Xing X, Wang J, Tou L. The Relationship between Green Organization Identity and Corporate Environmental Performance: The Mediating Role of Sustainability Exploration and Exploitation Innovation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(6):921. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16060921
Chicago/Turabian StyleXing, Xinpeng, Jianhua Wang, and Lulu Tou. 2019. "The Relationship between Green Organization Identity and Corporate Environmental Performance: The Mediating Role of Sustainability Exploration and Exploitation Innovation" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 6: 921. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16060921