School of Business, Jiangnan University Wuxi 214122, China.
Food Safety Research Base of Jiangsu Province, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Mar 14;16(6):921. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16060921.
The link between green organizational identity (GOI) and corporate environmental performance (CEP) has been investigated, but existing studies have no consistent conclusion. A significant research gap remains regarding the mediating role of sustainability exploration innovation (SER), sustainability exploitation innovation (SEI), and the moderating role of government environmental regulation (GER). This study explored the relationship between GOI and CEP in a moderated meditation model which includes SER, SEI, and GER. Using structural equation modelling and bootstrap method based on data sets from of 380 Chinese companies, the results show that: (1) GOI promotes SER, thereby enhancing CEP; (2) GOI promotes SEI, thereby enhancing CEP; (3) GER can positively moderate the indirect effect of GOI on CEP via SER; (4) GER negatively moderate the indirect effect of GOI on CEP via SEI. These findings suggest that firms choose different innovative ways between SER and SEI to improve CEP which depends on different levels of GER in China.
绿色组织认同（GOI）与企业环境绩效（CEP）之间的联系已经得到了研究，但现有研究没有得出一致的结论。关于可持续性探索创新（SER）、可持续性开发创新（SEI）的中介作用以及政府环境监管（GER）的调节作用，仍然存在显著的研究空白。本研究在一个包含 SER、SEI 和 GER 的调节中介模型中，探讨了 GOI 与 CEP 之间的关系。利用来自 380 家中国公司的数据集，采用结构方程建模和自举方法，结果表明：（1）GOI 促进 SER，从而提高 CEP；（2）GOI 促进 SEI，从而提高 CEP；（3）GER 可以通过 SER 对 GOI 对 CEP 的间接效应产生积极的调节作用；（4）GER 通过 SEI 对 GOI 对 CEP 的间接效应产生消极的调节作用。这些发现表明，企业在中国不同水平的 GER 下，可以选择 SER 和 SEI 之间不同的创新方式来提高 CEP。
