An empirical study of green management and performance in Taiwanese electronics firms

Ying-Chin Ho,Wen Ling Shieh,Wen Bo Wang,Tahir Nisar

doi:10.1080/23311975.2016.1266787

Abstract

AbstractGlobal warming and increased pollution from electronics production highlight the importance of green management (GM) for Taiwanese electronics firms. Through a survey of 213 Taiwanese electronics manufacturers, this study empirically examines the influence of GM on organizational performance improvement. Drawing on a moderated hierarchical regression analysis, we evaluate the general relationship between specific GM practices and performance. The findings indicate that GM has a significant impact on firm performance. We then investigate how contingency factors, circumstance uncertainty (CU), operation management philosophy, and total quality environmental management (TQEM) influence the relationship between GM practices and firm performance. Several crucial relationships are derived from our results. The moderating effects of CU and TQEM demonstrate that in some cases with certain GM practices, the inclusion or exclusion of CU and TQEM might reduce or improve performance. This study also discusses...

Highlights

Awareness of the importance of protecting the environment and the natural ecology of the planet has grown in recent years in Taiwan
The analysis results indicate that the control variable, corporation size, does not have a significant relationship with any of the performance measures, suggesting that the additional available resources for larger firms that engage in green supply chain management (GSCM) and green product development (GPD) are irrelevant to their performance
This study demonstrates the benefits of conceptualizing green management (GM) by segregating GPD and GSCM as multidimensional constructs

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Introduction

Awareness of the importance of protecting the environment and the natural ecology of the planet has grown in recent years in Taiwan. GM is concerned with overseeing both product- and supply chain-oriented environmental practices to mitigate the damage to natural resources from products and supply chain processes (Ferguson & Toktay, 2006; Wong et al, 2012). These two essential practices, GPD and GSCM, have been gaining momentum in recent years and have been widely accepted in Taiwan’s electronics industry (Huang & Wu, 2010; Yang et al, 2011)

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