Modeling Work Practices under Socio-Technical Systems for Sustainable Manufacturing Performance

In light of the overwhelming consumption of resources by the manufacturing sector, this paper examined three key subsystems that are critical in greening the sector. Whereas the extant literature has focused on technological development to reduce environmental damage, it has not analyzed profoundly how manufacturing processes can be greened effectively. Hence, using carefully gathered data of 299 respondents and structural equation modeling, this paper sought to investigate the mediating effect of social, environmental, and technical subsystems on the relationship between management support and sustainable manufacturing performance. The results show that management support has a positive relationship with sustainable manufacturing performance (p < 0.005), while social, environmental, and technical subsystems partially mediate this relationship. Hence, efforts must be taken to encourage management of manufacturing firms to support sustainable management performance, while at the same time supporting them to introduce innovative social, environmental, and technical practices.

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AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING PRACTICES AND INNOVATION PERFORMANCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Jurnal Teknologi ◽

10.11113/jt.v77.6043 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 77 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

N. Hami ◽

M.R. Muhammad ◽

Z. Ebrahim

Keyword(s):

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Sustainable Manufacturing ◽

Business Environment ◽

Manufacturing Firms ◽

Innovation Performance ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

This study analyzes the causal relationship between sustainable manufacturing practice (SMP) and environmental sustainability as well as determines the mediating effect of innovation performance (IP) on the relationship between SMP and environmental sustainability. Adaptation from the changing business environment, manufacturing firms are facing great challenge on producing more products with less resource consumption, pollution emitted and waste generated. Using structural equation modeling, the survey data collected from 150 Malaysian manufacturing firms has been analyzed in this study. The empirical results show that both types of SMP have a positive and significant impact on environmental sustainability with external SMP is greater than internal SMP. However, there is no significant evidence to prove IP as a mediator for SMP-environmental sustainability linkage. The findings of this paper have important implication in both theoretical and practical perspectives. While provide better understanding of the phenomena by simultaneously analyzing a series of dependence relationships among SMP, IP and environmental sustainability, these results could help managers to understand the types of practices that would improve their environmental performance.

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What Do Coffee Shop Entrepreneurs Need to Do to Raise Pro-Environmental Customer Behavioral Intentions?

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11092666 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (9) ◽

pp. 2666 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sunmi Yun ◽

Taeuk Kim

Keyword(s):

Behavioral Intentions ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Moderating Effect ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Coffee Shop ◽

Environmental Norms ◽

Social Environmental ◽

The Relationship ◽

Coffee Shops

Our research framework, built on the norm activation model (NAM), was designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the formation of consumers’ pro-environmental behavioral intentions in an eco-friendly coffee shop. We employed the NAM to test its mediating effect of personal environmental norms (PEN), social environmental norms (SEN), and ascription of responsibility (AR) and the moderating effect of the overall green image (OGI) on pro-environmental behavioral intentions. Data were collected through a survey of 530 customers who frequently visited a coffee shop in Korea, and structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the research hypotheses. The findings generally supported the hypothesized associations of the study variables within our proposed theoretical framework (PEN, SEN, and AR in order of the mediating effect on pro-environmental behavioral intentions) and confirmed OGI’s moderating effect. In addition, the study’s results have important (1) theoretical and (2) practical implications for the environment. (1) They expand the original NAM by explaining the effect of the relationship between SEN and PEN on pro-environmental customer behavioral intentions (PCBI) and confirm the mediating effect of the NAM (SEN, PEN, AR) on PCBI, as demonstrated in previous studies. (2) Moreover, the findings herein may encourage coffee shops to participate in the prevention of environmental problems by restricting the use of products such as plastic coffee cups and straws.

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Can TQM Act as Stimulus to Elevate Firms’ Innovation Performance?: An Empirical Evidence From the Manufacturing Sector of Pakistan

SAGE Open ◽

10.1177/2158244020963669 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 215824402096366

Author(s):

Naveed Mushtaq ◽

Wong Wai Peng

Keyword(s):

Structural Equation ◽

Manufacturing Sector ◽

Explanatory Power ◽

Innovation Performance ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Total Quality ◽

Business Innovation ◽

Innovation Culture ◽

Performance Dimensions

The current research empirically investigated whether total quality management (TQM) as a multidimensional construct (organic and mechanistic) has a better explanatory power toward innovation performance dimensions with the mediating effect of business innovation capability (BIC) and moderating effect of business innovation culture. After an in-depth examination of the literature, a holistic TQM–BIC–innovation performance framework is being developed based on theoretical knowledge as well as empirical justification. This would help scholars and practitioners to comprehend ways through which quality and innovation are integrated. To this end, structural equation modeling–partial least squares (SEM-PLS) is used for analyzing the data. It has been found that both soft and hard TQM trigger innovation performance and firm BIC mediates this relationship. Lastly, the role of business innovation culture in enhancing firm’s radical innovation performance was empirically established. Thus, developing BIC and business innovation culture in a TQM-based firm could trigger innovating performance.

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Work stress, social support, and burnout in junior doctors: A cross-sectional study

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/s0924-9338(11)73282-5 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 26 (S2) ◽

pp. 1578-1578 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

A. Bowers ◽

A. Sochos

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Improve Patient Care ◽

Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Junior Doctors ◽

Management Support ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Medical Trainees

BackgroundBurnout is known to be higher in doctors than in the general population and is associated with adverse patient outcomes. By identifying factors that can lead to burnout, interventions can be implemented to support the health of the workforce and improve patient care.AimThe aim of this study is to (1) look at whether psychiatric trainees differ from medical trainees in the work−related stress they experience and the social support they perceive, within and outside the workplace. It also aims to (2) look at whether social support can mediate the stressor-burnout relationship in trainees.MethodThe sample consisted of 184 London based trainees. Participants were administered the Maslach Burnout Inventory (strain), the Specialist Doctors’ Stress Inventory (stressors) and the House and Wells social support scale. To explore the pathways and potential mediating effect of social support within the stressor-burnout relationship structural equation modeling was applied to the data.Results42% of all doctors exhibited high levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. Medical trainees were significantly more burnt out than psychiatric trainees (p < .01). Occupational stressors were significantly correlated with the core burnout dimensions. Family, consultant and top management support demonstrated significant correlations with burnout dimensions whereas co-worker support failed to reach significance. Direct, indirect and mediational pathways between study variables were found.ConclusionPsychological distress is still prevalent amongst our junior workforce. Medical trainees appear to exhibit more severe levels of burnout and suggestions to improve psychological wellbeing are discussed.

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Sustainable Manufacturing Practices, Competitive Capabilities, and Sustainable Performance: Moderating Role of Environmental Regulations

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su131810051 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (18) ◽

pp. 10051

Author(s):

Hazem Ali ◽

Ting Chen ◽

Yunhong Hao

Keyword(s):

Environmental Regulation ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Sustainable Manufacturing ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Sustainable Performance ◽

Competitive Capabilities ◽

Research Findings ◽

The Relationship

Research highlights the increasing engagement of SMEs in adopting sustainable practices to enhance their sustainable performance. This paper extends the current literature on sustainable manufacturing practices (SMPs) and SMEs’ sustainable performance by examining the mediating effect of competitive capabilities and the moderating impact of environmental regulation. Structured questionnaires were used to collect data from 288 manufacturing SMEs in China. Research findings using structural equation modeling with partial least squares (PLS-SEM) revealed that adopting SMPs enables SMEs to gain competitive capabilities and to positively influence their sustainable performance. In addition, gaining competitive capabilities have a positive mediating impact on the relationship between SMPs and SMEs’ sustainable performance. Further, the interaction between SMPs and environmental regulation strengthens SMEs’ sustainable performance. At the end of this paper, a set of concluding remarks and implications is drawn.

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Analysis of Natural Resources and Environment, Politico-Economic Conditions and their influences on Tourist Behavioural Intentions in Hunza: Mediating effect of Tourist Satisfaction

Journal of Applied Economics and Business Studies ◽

10.34260/jaebs.443 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 55-74

Author(s):

Faqeer Muhammad ◽

Kifayat Ullah ◽

Rehmat Karim

Keyword(s):

Natural Resources ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Partial Least Square ◽

Least Square ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Economic Conditions ◽

Primary Data ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Tourist Satisfaction

This study aims to explore the influence of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE), Politico-Economic Conditions (PEC) on Tourist Behavioral Intension (TBI) in Hunza, Pakistan. The study further investigates the mediating role of Tourist Satisfaction (TS) on the given variables. Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) technique has been applied to conceptualize the research frame and to test the proposed hypotheses. Primary data was collected by using convenient sampling technique for analysis from 220 tourists who visited tourism nucleus sites of Hunza. The finding of the study reveals that Natural resources and Environment, Politico-and Economic Conditions have a significant positive impact on Tourist’s Behavioral Intensions. Moreover, Tourist’s Satisfaction partially mediates the positive relationships among Natural Resources and Environment, Political & Economic Conditions and Tourist’s Behavioral Intensions. The findings of the study extend the understanding that presence of natural resources along with healthy environment and stable political & economic conditions of a destination are the key determinants for sustainable tourism development.

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Impact of Industry 4.0 on Corporate Financial Performance: A Moderated Mediation Model

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13116069 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (11) ◽

pp. 6069

Author(s):

Hong-Long Chen

Keyword(s):

Financial Performance ◽

Industry 4.0 ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Moderated Mediation ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Corporate Financial Performance ◽

Bootstrap Sampling ◽

Mediation Effects ◽

Moderated Mediation Model

Many studies advance the contemporary technologies of Industry 4.0. However, relatively little is known about how Industry 4.0 affects corporate financial performance. Using a survey, bootstrap sampling, and structural-equation modeling, this study evaluates the moderated mediation effects of Industry 4.0 maturity on financial performance. The results show that Industry 4.0 maturity significantly affects internal business process performance (IBPP), which influences customer performance through the mediating effect of supply chain performance (SCP), and IBPP and SCP affect financial performance fully through the mediating effect of customer performance. The results also show that Industry 4.0 maturity moderates the positive relationship between customer performance and financial performance. Customer performance and IBPP have the largest direct and total effects on financial performance in the context of Industry 4.0 implementation, respectively. The results indicate that Industry 4.0 magnifies the potential returns to companies mainly through IBPP, SCP, and customer performance. This study offers an enhanced understanding of the financial implications of Industry 4.0 implementation and provides insights into the factors through which Industry 4.0 maturity influences financial performance.

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Perceived Environmental Responsibilities and Green Buying Behavior: The Mediating Effect of Attitude

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13010035 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 35

Author(s):

Guang-Wen Zheng ◽

Abu Bakkar Siddik ◽

Mohammad Masukujjaman ◽

Syed Shah Alam ◽

Alvina Akter

Keyword(s):

Structural Equation ◽

Environmental Concern ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Primary Data ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Buying Behavior ◽

Exploratory Testing ◽

Green Business ◽

The Government ◽

Questionnaire Surveys

The unsustainable operations of producers account for significant carbon emission and subsequent adverse impacts on nature. This study aims to identify the factors that influence consumers’ green buying behavior. The research focuses on the exploratory testing of theories using standardized questionnaires and interviews. Using a convenience selection approach, questionnaire surveys were used to gather primary data from a sample size of 305. The sample demographic reflects people who often make purchases; data were also obtained from shopping centers and elsewhere. The hypothesis testing of variables measured via five-point Likert scale questions was performed using structural equation modeling. We applied closed-ended questions relating to green buying behavior for the convenience of respondents. The empirical result established the effects of attitude, perceived severity of environmental problems, environmental concern, and subjective norms on Bangladeshi consumers’ green buying behavior. Additionally, it was discovered that attitude mediates the association between the perceived environmental responsibility and green buying behavior. Therefore, the government should play a constructive role in educating the public and promoting green business initiatives through improved coordination and legislative intervention.

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The Relationship of CSR Communication on Social Media with Consumer Purchase Intention and Brand Admiration

Journal of theoretical and applied electronic commerce research ◽

10.3390/jtaer16050068 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (5) ◽

pp. 1217-1230

Author(s):

Shuchi Gupta ◽

Nishad Nawaz ◽

Adel Abdulmhsen Alfalah ◽

Rana Tahir Naveed ◽

Saqib Muneer ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Purchase Intention ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Csr Communication ◽

Consumer Purchase Intention ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

With the advent of the Internet and other digital technologies, contemporary businesses from all sectors are using social media for communication with consumers to engage them meaningfully with a brand. However, the use of social media for corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication is relatively new to the existing literature. Likewise, the impact of CSR communication through social media (CSR-S) on consumer emotions and behavior is, to date, underexplored. To address this, the present research aims to test the relationship of CSR-S on brand admiration and consumer purchase intention. The study proposes a direct relationship between CSR-S and purchase intention with a mediating effect of brand admiration. The data were collected from the banking consumers of Pakistan through a self-administered questionnaire. The authors distributed 800 questionnaires and received 463 questionnaires useful for data analysis, so the present research study response rate was around 59%. The data were analyzed using the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique in AMOS. The results revealed that CSR-S is positively related to purchase intention (β = 0.233). The results further showed that brand admiration partially mediates this relationship (β = 0.079). The survey respondents confirmed that their bank’s CSR communication helps enhance their purchase likelihood and their feelings of admiration for their bank. These findings will help policymakers at banking institutions better understand the importance of CSR communication on different social media platforms to achieve consumer-related outcomes.

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Sustainable Orientation of Management Capability and Innovative Performance: The Mediating Effect of Knowledge Management

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12041366 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 1366

Author(s):

Julio C. Acosta-Prado ◽

Oscar H. López-Montoya ◽

Carlos Sanchís-Pedregosa ◽

Ulpiano J. Vázquez-Martínez

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Health Sector ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Innovative Performance ◽

Management Capability ◽

The Relationship ◽

Positive Effect

The literature suggests that innovation allows organizations to reach a desirable level of sustainability. There is evidence to support the role of knowledge management (KM) as well as management capability (MC) in producing a sustainable approach at organizations. Furthermore, organizations commonly achieve sustainable practices through corporate social responsibility (CSR). In particular, the health sector is increasingly implementing CSR strategies, although with a narrow understanding of the factors to success. Hence, trends lead to asymmetric growth between organizations. This study aims to examine the mediating role of KM in the relationship between MC and innovative performance (IP) in 331 Health Provider Institutions (HPIs). The research reflective model was assessed through Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). According to the results, MC has a positive effect on IP, MC has a positive effect on KM, and KM has a positive effect on IP. Likewise, KM significantly mediates the relationship between MC and IP. Our findings support the importance of KM in addressing MCs in HPIs as it enables innovative practices to address CSR goals to achieve a sustainable impact. Moreover, this study contributes by expanding KM to contexts that are not usually studied, such as health in a South American country.

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