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    Environmental ethics, environmental performance, and competitive advantage: Role of environmental training


    Singh, Sanjay, Chen, Jin, Del Giudice, Manlio and El-Kassar, Abdul-Nasser (2019) Environmental ethics, environmental performance, and competitive advantage: Role of environmental training. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 146. pp. 203-211. ISSN 0040-1625

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    Abstract

    In an era of increased stakeholder pressure for sustainable environmental management practices at workplace, organization should adopt and implement environmental ethics for seamless synergy amongst the needs of the business, the society, and the planet. Our study used resource-based view (RBV) and dynamic capabilities (DC) theoretical lenses to examine hypotheses derived from extant literature on the linkages amongst environmental ethics, environmental training, environmental performance and competitive advantage. Using survey questionnaire, we employed structural equation modeling (SEM) on 364 valid responses from managers to examine the hypotheses. The findings of our study will stir up researcher's curiosity to unravel the human side of environmental management and that will surely steer future researches in significant directions. Results suggest that environmental ethics influences environmental training, environmental performance and competitive advantage. We also found that environmental training to employees mediates the influence of environmental ethics on firm's environmental performance and competitive advantage. The findings of the study implies that organizational approach towards environmental ethical practices at workplace should be not be reactive but proactive with intentions to create and sustain synergy amongst the triads namely, profits, the society, and the environment. Environmental training should not be one-off event but a continuous process to beat competitions and improve environmental performance in the organization.
    Item Type: Article
    Additional Information: Cite as: Sanjay Kumar Singh, Jin Chen, Manlio Del Giudice, Abdul-Nasser El-Kassar, Environmental ethics, environmental performance, and competitive advantage: Role of environmental training, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 146, 2019, Pages 203-211, ISSN 0040-1625, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2019.05.032. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040162518307352)
    Keywords: Resource-based view; Dynamic capabilities; Environmental ethics; Environmental training; Environmental performance; Competitive advantage;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business
    Item ID: 14982
    Identification Number: 10.1016/j.techfore.2019.05.032
    Depositing User: Sanjay Singh
    Date Deposited: 04 Nov 2021 15:31
    Journal or Publication Title: Technological Forecasting and Social Change
    Publisher: Elsevier
    Refereed: Yes
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    URI: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/14982
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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