Improving the green public procurement performance of Chinese local governments: From the perspective of officials’ knowledge |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Economics and Management, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, China;2. School of Business, Xi’an International Studies University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710128, China;1. Penn State University, 100 University Drive, Monaca, PA 15061, USA;2. Cardiff Business School, Aberconway Building, Column Drive, Cardiff CF10 3EU, Wales, UK;3. EADA Business School, Carrer d′Aragó, 204, 08011, Barcelona, Spain;4. School of Management, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milano, Italy;1. University College London, Bartlett School of Environment, Energy & Resources, Institute for Sustainable Resources, 14 Upper Woburn Place, London WC1H 0NN, United Kingdom;2. The Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Institute of Management, Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33, 56127 Pisa, Italy;3. IEFE, Institute for Environmental and Energy Policy and Economics, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy;4. Audencia Business School, 8, Rue de la Joneliere, 44312 Nantes, France;1. Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management. Norwegian University of Technology, Trondheim, Norway;2. Norwegian Defence Estates Agency, Specialist Advisory, Oslo, Norway |
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| Abstract: | Green public procurement (GPP) is one of the crucial environmental policy tools for sustainability. Although GPP has been implemented in many developing countries, its performance is in urgent need of improvement. This study focuses on the perspective of procurement officials’ knowledge and develops a new conceptual model with direct and moderating effects to explore factors that may affect Chinese procurement officials’ GPP performance. Using data collected from 139 Chinese local government officials and employing hierarchical regression analysis, this study finds that procurement officials’ awareness of GPP implementation policies exerts a positive, direct impact on their GPP performance. Procurement officials’ receiving GPP training and working in local governments included in a mature China national sustainable community (CNSC) program can positively moderate the relationships between their awareness of GPP implementation policies and GPP performance. However, awareness of GPP-related regulations does not have the same effect. Meanwhile, even the mature CNSC program cannot exert a positive, direct impact on GPP performance. This study deepens the research on influence factors of GPP performance, the policy implications can be useful for policymakers in China and other developing countries. |
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| Keywords: | Green public procurement (GPP) Moderation China Policy Knowledge China national sustainable community (CNSC) |
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