| Title |
Being pro-environmentally oriented SMEs: Understanding the entrepreneur's explicit and implicit power motives |
| ID_Doc |
73836 |
| Authors |
Handrito, RP; Slabbinck, H; Vanderstraeten, J |
| Title |
Being pro-environmentally oriented SMEs: Understanding the entrepreneur's explicit and implicit power motives |
| Year |
2021 |
| Published |
Business Strategy And The Environment, 30, 5 |
| DOI |
10.1002/bse.2741 |
| Abstract |
The increased number of environmental problems caused by business activities put higher pressures on entrepreneurs to implement pro-environmental policies within their businesses. However, studies show that SMEs are less engaged with sustainable and pro-environmental policies. Hence, it is important to understand the barriers and drivers of implementing a pro-environmental strategy in SMEs from an entrepreneur's perspective. In a study with Indonesian SME owners, we find that environmental sustainability orientation (ESO) is driven by an entrepreneur's explicit and implicit power motives. Using polynomial regression with surface analysis, we also reveal that a high level of SME's ESO is affected by power motive discrepancy. We discuss implementations for policymakers, entrepreneurs, and educational programs in entrepreneurship. |
| Author Keywords |
entrepreneurship; environmental sustainability orientation; explicit power motive; implicit power motive; power motive discrepancy; SME |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000614650900001 |
| WoS Category |
Business; Environmental Studies; Management |
| Research Area |
Business & Economics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| PDF |
https://repository.uantwerpen.be/docstore/d:irua:4606
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