Sustainable Public Procurement: The Impact of Ability, Motivation, and Opportunity on the Implementation of Different Types of Sustainable Public Procurement
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Research Background
3. Theoretical Framework
4. Methodology
4.1. Sampling
4.2. Measures
4.3. Data Analysis
5. Results
5.1. Descriptive Statistics
5.2. Structural Equation Modelling
6. Discussion
Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research
7. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |
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1. Organisational Learning Capacity for Ideas, Risk, and Interaction | 2.881 | 0.70706 | 1 | |||||||||||||
2. Organisational Learning Capacity for Involvement and Participation | 2.8746 | 0.86381 | 0.490 ** | 1 | ||||||||||||
3. Organisational Learning Capacity for Communication and Knowledge Sharing | 3.5 | 0.78208 | 0.617 ** | 0.517 ** | 1 | |||||||||||
4. Affective commitment to change | 4.0042 | 0.7023 | 0.185 ** | 0.078 | 0.073 | 1 | ||||||||||
5. Green public procurement | 3.676 | 1.2359 | 0.253 ** | 0.196 ** | 0.170 * | 0.214 ** | 1 | |||||||||
6. Biobased public procurement | 2.242 | 1.6865 | 0.059 | −0.082 | −0.03 | 0.004 | 0.337 ** | 1 | ||||||||
7. Circular Economy | 2.316 | 1.5587 | 0.197 ** | 0.063 | 0.119 | 0.034 | 0.440 ** | 0.654 ** | 1 | |||||||
8. Social Return on Investment | 3.578 | 1.4452 | 0.113 | 0.028 | −0.028 | 0.023 | 0.328 ** | 0.256 ** | 0.285 ** | 1 | ||||||
9. International Social Criteria | 2.858 | 1.855 | 0.134 | 0.061 | −0.002 | 0.017 | 0.299 ** | 0.570 ** | 0.472 ** | 0.316 ** | 1 | |||||
10. Innovation-oriented public procurement | 2.907 | 1.2252 | 0.281 ** | 0.061 | 0.165 * | 0.048 | 0.353 ** | 0.479 ** | 0.541 ** | 0.224 ** | 0.278 ** | 1 | ||||
11. Knowledge | 3.034 | 1.0305 | 0.230 ** | 0.124 | 0.096 | 0.301 ** | 0.208 ** | 0.062 | 0.104 | −0.018 | 0.12 | 0.133 | 1 | |||
12. Skills | 3.126 | 1.0114 | 0.243 ** | 0.123 | 0.239 ** | 0.246 ** | 0.204 ** | 0.056 | 0.107 | 0.028 | 0.092 | 0.138 * | 0.778 ** | 1 | ||
13. Gender | 0.233 | 0.4227 | −0.048 | −0.087 | −0.057 | 0.056 | 0.061 | 0.035 | −0.025 | 0.002 | −0.007 | −0.025 | 0.04 | 0.013 | 1 | |
14. Birth year | 1965.789 | 9.1704 | −0.032 | 0.029 | 0.001 | −0.036 | −0.084 | −0.111 | −0.129 | −0.07 | −0.219 ** | −0.074 | 0.087 | 0.067 | 0.286 ** | 1 |
CMIN/df | RMSEA | CFI | TLI | GFI | |
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Final model | 1.143 | 0.022 | 0.992 | 0.974 | 0.987 |
Fit criteria good fit | ≤2.00 | <0.08 | >0.9 | >0.9 | >0.9 |
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Grandia, J.; Voncken, D. Sustainable Public Procurement: The Impact of Ability, Motivation, and Opportunity on the Implementation of Different Types of Sustainable Public Procurement. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5215. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11195215
Grandia J, Voncken D. Sustainable Public Procurement: The Impact of Ability, Motivation, and Opportunity on the Implementation of Different Types of Sustainable Public Procurement. Sustainability. 2019; 11(19):5215. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11195215
Chicago/Turabian StyleGrandia, Jolien, and Dylan Voncken. 2019. "Sustainable Public Procurement: The Impact of Ability, Motivation, and Opportunity on the Implementation of Different Types of Sustainable Public Procurement" Sustainability 11, no. 19: 5215. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11195215