The Impact of Educational Economic Factors on Institutional Sustainability Performance: The Mediating Role of Green Management Practices
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review and Hypothesis
2.1. Educational Economic Factors in Higher Education Sustainability
2.2. Green Management Practices in Educational Institutions
2.3. Educational Economic Factors and Institutional Sustainability Performance
2.4. Educational Economic Factors and Green Management Practices
2.5. Green Management Practices Have a Mediating Effect on Institutional Sustainability Performance
2.6. Research Framework
- The direct relationship between Educational Economic Factors (EEFs) and Institutional Sustainability Performance (ISP)
- The influence of EEFs on Green Management Practices (GMPs)
- The mediating role of GMPs in the relationship between EEFs and ISP
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Subjects
3.2. Survey
4. Results
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
7. Limitations and Suggestions for Future Studies
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristic | Category | N |
---|---|---|
Position | ||
University Administrator | 45 | |
Department Head | 42 | |
Financial Manager | 35 | |
Sustainability Officer | 24 | |
Facility Manager | 22 | |
University | ||
Jouf University | 58 | |
Hail University | 56 | |
Northern Border University | 54 | |
Years of Experience | ||
<5 | 35 | |
5–10 | 72 | |
>10 | 61 | |
Department | ||
Administration | 48 | |
Finance | 42 | |
Facilities | 38 | |
Sustainability | 25 | |
Other | 15 |
Construct | Mean | SD |
---|---|---|
Educational Economic Factors (EEFs) | 4.215 | 0.682 |
Financial Resource Allocation (FRA) | 4.386 | 0.712 |
Cost Efficiency Measures (CEMs) | 3.892 | 0.845 |
Investment in Green Technology (IGT) | 4.125 | 0.794 |
Economic Incentive Programs (EIPs) | 4.158 | 0.756 |
Green Management Practices (GMPs) | 4.076 | 0.823 |
Institutional Sustainability Performance (ISP) | 4.142 | 0.768 |
Items | Code | Loading | VIF | Cronbach’s Alpha | CR | AVE |
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Educational Economic Factors | ||||||
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Our university allocates adequate financial resources for implementing environmental sustainability initiatives. | FRA1 | 0.913 | 3.073 | 0.915 | 0.925 | 0.855 |
Our institution’s budget planning process prioritizes funding for sustainability projects. | FRA2 | 0.937 | 3.392 | |||
Financial resources are effectively distributed across different sustainability programs in our university. | FRA3 | 0.923 | 3.164 | |||
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Our university regularly implements cost-saving measures that support environmental sustainability. | CEM1 | 0.890 | 2.887 | 0.843 | 0.849 | 0.760 |
We have effective systems in place to monitor and optimize resource consumption costs. | CEM2 | 0.886 | 2.852 | |||
Our institution actively seeks ways to reduce operational costs through sustainable practices. | CEM3 | 0.840 | 1.555 | |||
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Our university makes significant investments in environmentally friendly technologies. | IGT1 | 0.881 | 2.418 | 0.877 | 0.881 | 0.802 |
We regularly upgrade our facilities with energy-efficient equipment and systems. | IGT2 | 0.920 | 2.932 | |||
Our institution prioritizes investment in sustainable infrastructure development. | IGT3 | 0.886 | 2.169 | |||
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Our university offers financial incentives to departments that achieve sustainability targets. | EIP2 | 0.922 | 2.020 | 0.831 | 0.831 | 0.855 |
We have established reward programs to encourage sustainable practices across the institution | EIP3 | 0.927 | 2.020 | |||
Institutional Sustainability Performance (ISP) | ||||||
Our university has achieved significant improvements in environmental performance. | ISP1 | 0.854 | 3.198 | 0.951 | 0.952 | 0.805 |
We consistently meet our institutional sustainability targets. | ISP2 | 0.908 | 4.486 | |||
Our environmental impact has notably decreased over time. | ISP3 | 0.891 | 4.070 | |||
Our sustainability initiatives have produced measurable positive results. | ISP4 | 0.908 | 3.255 | |||
Our university’s sustainability performance compares favorably with other institutions. | ISP5 | 0.925 | 3.393 | |||
We have successfully implemented most of our planned sustainability projects. | ISP6 | 0.896 | 3.835 | |||
Green Management Practices (GMPs) | ||||||
Our university has comprehensive environmental management policies in place. | GMP1 | 0.729 | 1.530 | 0.828 | 0.848 | 0.594 |
We actively implement waste reduction and recycling programs. | GMP2 | 0.633 | 1.475 | |||
Environmental considerations are integrated into our operational decision-making. | GMP3 | 0.782 | 2.966 | |||
Our green management practices are systematically monitored and evaluated. | GMP4 | 0.856 | 4.275 | |||
We have effective environmental management systems across all university facilities. | GMP5 | 0.832 | 2.594 |
** Heterotrait–Monotrait Ratio (HTMT)—Matrix | * Fornell–Larcker Criterion | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CEMs | EIPs | FRA | GMPs | IGT | ISP | CEMs | EIPs | FRA | GMPs | IGT | ISP | |
CEMs | 0.872 | |||||||||||
EIPs | 0.707 | 0.597 | 0.925 | |||||||||
FRA | 0.760 | 0.579 | 0.732 | 0.505 | 0.924 | |||||||
GMPs | 0.684 | 0.676 | 0.689 | 0.602 | 0.592 | 0.623 | 0.870 | |||||
IGT | 0.821 | 0.814 | 0.656 | 0.761 | 0.719 | 0.697 | 0.591 | 0.676 | 0.896 | |||
ISP | 0.595 | 0.803 | 0.384 | 0.507 | 0.754 | 0.547 | 0.717 | 0.363 | 0.475 | 0.694 | 0.897 |
Hypotheses | Relationships | Original Sample (O) | Standard Deviation (STDEV) | T Statistics (|O/STDEV|) | p Values | Decision |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H1a | FRA -> ISP | 0.291 | 0.087 | 3.344 | 0.001 | accept |
H1b | CEMs -> ISP | 0.260 | 0.144 | 1.804 | 0.071 * | reject |
H1c | IGT -> ISP | 0.374 | 0.099 | 3.776 | 0.000 ** | accept |
H1d | EIPs -> ISP | 0.465 | 0.097 | 4.800 | 0.000 ** | accept |
H2a | FRA -> GMPs | 0.402 | 0.122 | 3.288 | 0.001 ** | accept |
H2b | CEMs -> GMPs | −0.136 | 0.148 | 0.916 | 0.360 | reject |
H2c | IGT -> GMPs | 0.405 | 0.109 | 3.715 | 0.000 ** | accept |
H2d | EIPs -> GMPs | 0.188 | 0.107 | 1.762 | 0.048 * | accept |
Hypotheses | Relationships | Original Sample (O) | T Statistics (|O/STDEV|) | CI [2.5–97.5%] | p Values | Decision |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H3a | FRA -> GMPs -> ISP | 0.191 | 4.248 | 0.085–0.266 | 0.001 ** | accept |
H3b | CEMs -> GMPs -> ISP | 0.164 | 3.972 | 0.186–0.661 | 0.004 ** | accept |
H3c | IGT -> GMPs -> ISP | 0.173 | 4.553 | 0.195–0.628 | 0.000 ** | accept |
H3d | EIPs -> GMPs -> ISP | 0.145 | 3.919 | 0.269–0.647 | 0.041 * | accept |
Path | Jouf (n = 58) β (t) | Hail (n = 56) β (t) | Northern (n = 54) β (t) | <5 Years (n = 35) β (p) | 5–10 Years (n = 72) β (p) | >10 Years (n = 61) β (p) | Jouf-Hail Diff (p) | Jouf-Northern Diff (p) | Hail-Northern Diff (p) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FRA -> ISP | 0.465 (4.82) ** | 0.323 (3.44) ** | 0.309 (3.28) ** | 0.312 (0.002) | 0.328 (0.001) | 0.342 (0.001) | 0.142 (0.042) * | 0.156 (0.038) * | 0.014 (0.428) |
CEMs -> ISP | 0.260 (1.80) | 0.175 (1.54) | 0.136 (1.42) | 0.156 (0.084) | 0.168 (0.076) | 0.172 (0.068) | 0.085 (0.256) | 0.124 (0.186) | 0.039 (0.384) |
IGT -> ISP | 0.374 (3.78) ** | 0.206 (2.24) * | 0.229 (2.36) * | 0.284 (0.004) | 0.296 (0.003) | 0.308 (0.002) | 0.168 (0.035) * | 0.145 (0.044) * | 0.023 (0.412) |
EIPs -> ISP | 0.465 (4.80) ** | 0.293 (3.12) ** | 0.281 (3.02) ** | 0.326 (0.001) | 0.342 (0.001) | 0.356 (0.001) | 0.172 (0.008) ** | 0.184 (0.006) ** | 0.012 (0.445) |
GMPs -> ISP | 0.402 (3.29) ** | 0.256 (2.86) ** | 0.244 (2.74) ** | 0.286 (0.003) | 0.298 (0.002) | 0.312 (0.002) | 0.146 (0.038) * | 0.158 (0.036) * | 0.012 (0.426) |
R2 ISP | 0.616 | 0.584 | 0.572 | 0.584 | 0.596 | 0.608 | - | - | - |
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Benlaria, H.; Almawishir, N.F.S. The Impact of Educational Economic Factors on Institutional Sustainability Performance: The Mediating Role of Green Management Practices. Sustainability 2025, 17, 1260. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17031260
Benlaria H, Almawishir NFS. The Impact of Educational Economic Factors on Institutional Sustainability Performance: The Mediating Role of Green Management Practices. Sustainability. 2025; 17(3):1260. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17031260
Chicago/Turabian StyleBenlaria, Houcine, and Naeimah Fahad S. Almawishir. 2025. "The Impact of Educational Economic Factors on Institutional Sustainability Performance: The Mediating Role of Green Management Practices" Sustainability 17, no. 3: 1260. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17031260
APA StyleBenlaria, H., & Almawishir, N. F. S. (2025). The Impact of Educational Economic Factors on Institutional Sustainability Performance: The Mediating Role of Green Management Practices. Sustainability, 17(3), 1260. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17031260