Environmental Energy and Economic Research

Environmental Energy and Economic Research

Sustainability-Oriented Environmental Management and Organizational Performance: Mediating and Moderating Effects in the Tile and Ceramic Industry

Document Type : Research Article

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1 Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Higher Education Complex of Bam, Bam, Iran
2 Center for Climate Change and Health Research (CCCHR), Dezful University of Medical Sciences, Dezful, Iran
Abstract
The environmental challenges confronting modern corporations compel managers to actively engage in reshaping strategies, management systems, and internal practices to address sustainability-related concerns. This study aims to investigate the impact of environmental management on organizational performance, with a particular focus on the mediating roles of green innovation and labour productivity, as well as the moderating roles of environmental leadership and quality management. The research was conducted in the tile and ceramic industry of Yazd province, Iran. The statistical population consists of employees and managers working in this sector, and data were collected using a convenience sampling method. Given the use of structural equation modelling (SEM) in the study, the sample size was determined based on the standard guideline of 5 to 15 observations per questionnaire item (5q < n < 15q), where q represents the number of survey questions and n denotes the sample size. With a total of 23 items in the questionnaire, 180 participants were selected, and 146 completed responses were ultimately analysed. The results, obtained using SmartPLS 3 and SEM analysis, indicate that environmental management has a positive and statistically significant impact on organizational performance, labour productivity, and green innovation. Furthermore, the findings reveal that both green innovation and labour productivity not only contribute directly to organizational performance but also serve as mediating variables in the relationship between environmental management and organizational performance. However, the moderating effects of environmental leadership and quality management on this relationship were not supported by the data.
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