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Article

Improving Social Performance through Innovative Small Green Businesses: Knowledge Sharing and Green Entrepreneurial Intention as Antecedents

by
Ali Saleh Alshebami
1,*,
Abdullah Hamoud Ali Seraj
2,
Ibrahim A. Elshaer
2,3,
Abdullah Sultan Al Shammre
4,
Salem Handhal Al Marri
5,6,
Abdalwali Lutfi
7,8,
Mostafa Aboulnour Salem
9 and
Ashraf Mahrous Nour Zaher
10
1
Applied College, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
2
Management Department, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
3
Hotel Studies Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
4
Economic Department, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
5
Applied College in Abqaiq, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
6
Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
7
Department of Accounting, College of Business, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
8
Applied Science Research Center, Applied Science Private University, Amman 11931, Jordan
9
Deanship of Development and Quality Assurance, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
10
College of Arts, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sustainability 2023, 15(10), 8232; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15108232
Submission received: 30 March 2023 / Revised: 15 May 2023 / Accepted: 17 May 2023 / Published: 18 May 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Marketing and Sustainable Development: A Predictive Empirical Insight)
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Abstract

Small businesses are thought to be largely responsible for environmental pollution despite the fact that businesses of all shapes and sizes contribute to this issue. This research explores how important factors such as knowledge sharing (KS) and green entrepreneurial intention (GEI) might help small businesses in Saudi Arabia develop and implement green innovation (GI). It also seeks to determine whether GI is a mediating variable that explains the connection between GEI, KS, and social performance (SP). Accordingly, an online survey was used to collect responses from 284 small entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia engaged in various types of business activities. The study used partial least squares structural equation modelling for data analysis and hypothesis testing. The results show that GI considerably influences SP while also having a significant link with both GEI and KS. Further, the study reveals that the relationship between GEI, KS, and SP is mediated by GI. The study offers a plethora of suggestions to various stakeholders generally and to Saudi authorities specifically.
Keywords: environment; social; entrepreneurship; small enterprises; knowledge environment; social; entrepreneurship; small enterprises; knowledge

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Alshebami, A.S.; Seraj, A.H.A.; Elshaer, I.A.; Al Shammre, A.S.; Al Marri, S.H.; Lutfi, A.; Salem, M.A.; Zaher, A.M.N. Improving Social Performance through Innovative Small Green Businesses: Knowledge Sharing and Green Entrepreneurial Intention as Antecedents. Sustainability 2023, 15, 8232. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15108232

AMA Style

Alshebami AS, Seraj AHA, Elshaer IA, Al Shammre AS, Al Marri SH, Lutfi A, Salem MA, Zaher AMN. Improving Social Performance through Innovative Small Green Businesses: Knowledge Sharing and Green Entrepreneurial Intention as Antecedents. Sustainability. 2023; 15(10):8232. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15108232

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Alshebami, Ali Saleh, Abdullah Hamoud Ali Seraj, Ibrahim A. Elshaer, Abdullah Sultan Al Shammre, Salem Handhal Al Marri, Abdalwali Lutfi, Mostafa Aboulnour Salem, and Ashraf Mahrous Nour Zaher. 2023. "Improving Social Performance through Innovative Small Green Businesses: Knowledge Sharing and Green Entrepreneurial Intention as Antecedents" Sustainability 15, no. 10: 8232. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15108232

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Alshebami, A. S., Seraj, A. H. A., Elshaer, I. A., Al Shammre, A. S., Al Marri, S. H., Lutfi, A., Salem, M. A., & Zaher, A. M. N. (2023). Improving Social Performance through Innovative Small Green Businesses: Knowledge Sharing and Green Entrepreneurial Intention as Antecedents. Sustainability, 15(10), 8232. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15108232

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