Business strategy, spiritual capital and environmental sustainability performance: mediating role of environmental management process

Title : Business strategy, spiritual capital and environmental sustainability performance: mediating role of environmental management process

Authors :
1. Bambang Tjahjadi
2. Noorlailie Soewarno
3. Tsanya El Karima
4. Annisa Ayu Putri Sutarsa

Department : Accounting

Journal Name: Business Process Management Journal

Kinds of Journal: Q1

Keywords: Business strategy, Spiritual capital, Environmental management process, Environmental sustainability performance, Corporate sustainability

ABSTRACT

Purpose - This study aims to investigate the influence of business strategy and spiritual capital on environmental sustainability performance. Furthermore, it investigates whether the influence is mediated by environmental management process.
Design/methodology/approach - This study is designed as a quantitative research. A survey method was employed for collecting 454 data from the managers/owners of Indonesian manufacturing micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) is used to test the hypothesis. A mediation research approach is employed to describe the relationship between research variables.
Findings - The findings demonstrate the following important results. First, business strategy affects environmental sustainability performance. Second, spiritual capital affects environmental sustainability performance. Third, the environmental management process fully mediates the effect of business strategy on environmental sustainability performance. Fourth, environmental management process partially mediates the effect of spiritual capital on environmental sustainability performance.
Originality/value - This study addresses the issue of previous research gaps. By employing a mediation research framework, this study argues that environmental management process has a mediating role in business strategy–environmental sustainability performance relationships. Furthermore, it addresses the lack of empirical studies regarding the effect of spiritual capital on environmental sustainability performance via environmental management process. Thus, this research emphasizes the role of management or business process in developing resource-based view (RBV), natural resource-based view (NRBV), sustainability theory and MSMEs' management practices.

For details : https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/BPMJ-11-2021-0718/full/html