Chief executive officers' sustainability orientation and firm environmental performance: Networking and resource contingencies |
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| Authors: | Samuel Adomako Joseph Amankwah-Amoah Albert Danso George Obeng Dankwah |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Management, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK;2. Kent Business School, University of Kent, UK;3. Leicester Castle Business School, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK;4. School of Management, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK |
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| 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. |
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| Keywords: | Ghana political connections sub-Saharan Africa sustainability orientation sustainable entrepreneurship |
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