Weina An, Yanling Yang
College of Health Management, Xian Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Institute of Culture and History, Shaanxi Academy of Social Sciences, Xi'an, China.
Front Psychol. 2022 Apr 7;13:861813. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.861813. eCollection 2022.
Environmental sustainability has become the need of the hour and has been emphasized immensely because of the increased environmental awareness and resulting problems caused due to negligence. This study has intended to determine the role of knowledge management (KM) practices in achieving a sustainable environment with the mediating role of environmental awareness and green technological use. The study further examined the moderating role of green innovative culture between the relationship of KM practices and a sustainable environment. The data were acquired from 378 managerial level personnel of the construction industry in China through questionnaires. Smart-PLS 3.3.3 was used to determine the study's hypothesis through the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique. The study found that KM practice has a significant relationship with a sustainable environment, environmental awareness, and green technological use. Also, environmental awareness has a significant effect on a sustainable environment. Moreover, it was found in the study that environmental awareness significantly mediated the relationship between KM practices and sustainable environment, but green technological use did not find any mediating effect on the relationship between KM practices and sustainable environment. Furthermore, green innovative culture considerably moderated the relationship between KM practices and a sustainable environment. Theoretically, this study contributes to the existing literature by incorporating and investigating the role of KM practices in a sustainable environment. Practically, this article presented some implications for the management concerning promoting KM practices and environmental awareness within the organization and developing a green innovative culture.
环境可持续性已成为当务之急，由于环境意识的提高以及因疏忽导致的各种问题，它受到了极大的重视。本研究旨在确定知识管理（KM）实践在实现可持续环境方面的作用，其中环境意识和绿色技术应用起到中介作用。该研究进一步考察了绿色创新文化在知识管理实践与可持续环境之间关系中的调节作用。数据通过问卷调查从中国建筑业的378名管理人员处收集。使用Smart-PLS 3.3.3通过结构方程建模（SEM）技术来验证本研究的假设。研究发现，知识管理实践与可持续环境、环境意识和绿色技术应用之间存在显著关系。此外，环境意识对可持续环境有显著影响。而且，研究发现环境意识在知识管理实践与可持续环境之间的关系中起到显著的中介作用，但绿色技术应用在知识管理实践与可持续环境之间的关系中未发现任何中介作用。此外，绿色创新文化在很大程度上调节了知识管理实践与可持续环境之间的关系。从理论上讲，本研究通过纳入并研究知识管理实践在可持续环境中的作用，为现有文献做出了贡献。在实践方面，本文为管理层提出了一些建议，涉及在组织内推广知识管理实践和环境意识以及培育绿色创新文化。
