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Chief executive officers' sustainability orientation and firm environmental performance: Networking and resource contingencies

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: Although the existing literature supports the relationship between chief executive officers' (CEOs') sustainability orientation (SO) and entrepreneurial behaviour, empirical studies exploring how SO drives firm environmental performance (FEP) are lacking. In addition, the potential moderating effects of firm‐level factors on this relationship are less understood. We contribute to filling this gap by examining the moderating effects of political connections and financial slack on the relationship between SO and FEP. Using data obtained from 297 small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana, our results reveal that SO is positively related to FEP. In addition, our results show that the effect of SO on FEP is negative when firms have stronger financial slack and when firms are highly politically connected.

Source: Business Strategy and the Environment

DOI: 10.1002/bse.2742

Authors: Samuel Adomako, Joseph Amankwah‐Amoah, Albert Danso, George Obeng Dankwah

Institutions: University of Bradford, University of Kent, De Montfort University, University of Bristol

Language: English

Topic: Environmental Sustainability in Business

Subfield: Marketing

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,300

OpenAlex ID: W3131045123

FWCI: 10.11

Cites: 67

Cited by: 67

Related to: 10