The Road to Eco-Excellence: How Does Eco-Friendly Deliberate Practice Foster Eco-Innovation Performance through Creative Self-Efficacy and Perceived Eco-Innovation Importance
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Hypotheses
2.1. Eco-Friendly Deliberate Practice and Creative Self-Efficacy
2.2. Creative Self-Efficacy and Eco-Innovation Performance
2.3. The Mediating Role of Creative Self-Efficacy
2.4. The Moderating Role of Perceived Eco-Innovation Importance
2.5. A Moderated Mediation Model
3. Method
3.1. Sample and Procedure
3.2. Measures
3.2.1. Eco-Friendly Deliberate Practice
3.2.2. Creative Self-Efficacy
3.2.3. Eco-Innovation Performance
3.2.4. Perceived Eco-Innovation Importance
3.2.5. Data Analysis
4. Results
4.1. Measurement Model
4.2. Structural Model
5. Discussion and Conclusions
6. Implications for Theory
7. Implications for Practice
8. Limitations and Future Directions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Loadings | AVE | CR | Cronbach’s Alpha | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Eco-friendly deliberate practice | 0.520 | 0.882 | 0.846 | |
EDP1 | 0.752 | |||
EDP2 | 0.653 | |||
EDP3 | 0.832 | |||
EDP4 | 0.713 | |||
EDP5 | 0.743 | |||
EDP6 | 0.664 | |||
EDP7 | 0.634 | |||
EDP8 | 0.764 | |||
EDP9 | 0.623 | |||
EDP10 | 0.723 | |||
EDP11 | 0.753 | |||
EDP12 | 0.653 | |||
EDP13 | 0.775 | |||
EDP14 | 0.674 | |||
EDP15 | 0.773 | |||
Creative self-efficacy | 0.533 | 0.912 | 0.868 | |
CSE1 | 0.675 | |||
CSE2 | 0.676 | |||
CSE3 | 0.800 | |||
CSE4 | 0.762 | |||
Eco-innovation performance | 0.511 | 0.890 | 0.848 | |
EP1 | 0.774 | |||
EP2 | 0.625 | |||
EP3 | 0.754 | |||
EP4 | 0.685 | |||
Perceived eco-innovation importance | 0.550 | 0.843 | 0.801 | |
PEI1 | 0.748 | |||
PEI2 | 0.838 | |||
PEI3 | 0.683 | |||
PEI4 | 0.743 | |||
PEI5 | 0.633 | |||
PEI6 | 0.773 |
EDP | CSE | EP | PEI | |
---|---|---|---|---|
EDP | ||||
CSE | 0.702 CI.0.900 [0.640;0.780] | |||
EP | 0.711 CI.0.900 [0.652;0.792] | 0.601 CI.0.900 [0.516;0.693] | ||
PEI | 0.647 CI.0.900 [0.562;0.721] | 0.456 CI.0.900 [0.371;0.523] | 0.711 CI.0.900 [0.635;0.776] |
Hypotheses | β | CI (5%, 95%) | SE | t-Value | p-Value | Decision | f2 | R2 | Q2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H1 EDP → CSE | 0.512 ** | (0.441, 0.589) | 0.052 | 12.334 | 0.000 | Supported | 0.232 | 0.554 | 0.363 |
H2 CSE → EP | 0.526 ** | (0.463, 0.592) | 0.037 | 4.732 | 0.003 | Supported | 0.432 | 0.486 | |
H4 EDP × PEI → CSE | 0.429 ** | (0.334, 0.519) | 0.062 | 9.832 | 0.000 | Supported | 0.124 | ||
H5 EDP × PEI → EP | 0.447 ** | (0.355, 0.525) | 0.051 | 14.428 | 0.000 | Supported | 0.185 |
Path | t-Value | BCCI | Path | t-Value | 95% BCCI | Decision | VAF | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Direct effect EDP → EP | 0.412 ** | 11.228 | (0.332, 0.481) | Indirect effect EDP → CSE → EP | 0.342 ** | 7.110 | (0.267, 0.416) | Supported | 45.35% |
Constructs | AVE | R2 |
---|---|---|
EDP | 0.520 | |
CSE | 0.533 | 0.554 |
EP | 0.511 | 0.486 |
PEI | 0.550 | |
Average scores | 0.528 | 0.520 |
(GFI = ) | 0.524 |
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Miao, Y.; Iqbal, S.; Ayub, A. The Road to Eco-Excellence: How Does Eco-Friendly Deliberate Practice Foster Eco-Innovation Performance through Creative Self-Efficacy and Perceived Eco-Innovation Importance. Sustainability 2023, 15, 3481. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043481
Miao Y, Iqbal S, Ayub A. The Road to Eco-Excellence: How Does Eco-Friendly Deliberate Practice Foster Eco-Innovation Performance through Creative Self-Efficacy and Perceived Eco-Innovation Importance. Sustainability. 2023; 15(4):3481. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043481
Chicago/Turabian StyleMiao, Yinjia, Shahid Iqbal, and Arslan Ayub. 2023. "The Road to Eco-Excellence: How Does Eco-Friendly Deliberate Practice Foster Eco-Innovation Performance through Creative Self-Efficacy and Perceived Eco-Innovation Importance" Sustainability 15, no. 4: 3481. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043481