Why Can Green Social Responsibility Drive Agricultural Technology Manufacturing Company to Do Good Things? A Novel Adoption Model of Environmental Strategy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Background
1.2. Literature Reviewing
1.2.1. GSR and GP
1.2.2. GP and ES
1.2.3. GSR and GP at the Organization Level
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Sampling and Procedures
2.2. Measures
2.3. Model Validation
3. Results
Analysis Results
4. Discussion
4.1. Academic Contribution
4.2. Practice Contribution
4.3. Further Research and Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Hypothesis | Path | Coefficient | Results |
---|---|---|---|
H1 | Individual-level Green Social Responsibility → Individual-level Green Promise | 0.32 ** | Supported |
H2 | Individual-level Green Promise → Individual-level Environmental Strategy | 0.35 ** | Supported |
H3 | Organization-level Green Social Responsibility → Organization-level Green Promise | 0.41 ** | Supported |
H4 | Organization-level Green Promise →Individual-level Environmental Strategy | 0.37 ** | Supported |
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Huang, S.Y.B.; Lee, S.-C.; Lee, Y.-S. Why Can Green Social Responsibility Drive Agricultural Technology Manufacturing Company to Do Good Things? A Novel Adoption Model of Environmental Strategy. Agronomy 2021, 11, 1673. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11081673
Huang SYB, Lee S-C, Lee Y-S. Why Can Green Social Responsibility Drive Agricultural Technology Manufacturing Company to Do Good Things? A Novel Adoption Model of Environmental Strategy. Agronomy. 2021; 11(8):1673. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11081673
Chicago/Turabian StyleHuang, Stanley Y. B., Shih-Chin Lee, and Yue-Shi Lee. 2021. "Why Can Green Social Responsibility Drive Agricultural Technology Manufacturing Company to Do Good Things? A Novel Adoption Model of Environmental Strategy" Agronomy 11, no. 8: 1673. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11081673