Green and Sustainable Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Mediation-Moderation Perspective
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Analysis
2.1. The Role of Use of Social Networking Sites in Emerging Pandemics
2.2. The Role of Use of Social Networking Sites on Self-Efficacy towards Green and Sustainable Entrepreneurship
2.3. Risk Propensity
2.4. Subjective Norm as a Moderator
2.5. Conceptual Framework
3. Methodology
4. Results and Discussions
4.1. Data Analysis
4.2. Structural Model
4.3. Discussions
5. Conclusions, Limitations, and Implications
5.1. Conclusions
5.2. Limitations
5.3. Implications
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 196 | 65.33 |
Female | 104 | 34.66 | |
Age (Years) | 20–30 | 240 | 80.0 |
31–40 | 45 | 15.0 | |
41–50 | 15 | 5.0 | |
Qualification | Bachelors | 195 | 65.0 |
Masters | 75 | 25.0 | |
Postgraduates | 30 | 10 | |
Income | 1–10,000 | 36 | 12.0 |
10,000–20,000 | 15 | 5.0 | |
20,000–30,000 | 75 | 25.0 | |
30,000–above | 174 | 58.0 |
Constructs | Items | Items Loadings | AVE | CR | CA | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.837 | 0.953 | 0.935 | ||||
GEP1 | 0270 | |||||
GEP2 | 0.267 | |||||
GEP3 | 0.280 | |||||
GEP4 | 0.276 | |||||
RP1 | 0.284 | 0.800 | ||||
RP2 | 0.275 | 0.941 | 0.916 | |||
RP3 | 0.276 | |||||
RP4 | 0.282 | |||||
SF1 | 0.279 | 0.814 | 0.946 | 0.924 | ||
SF2 | 0.266 | |||||
SF3 | 0.285 | |||||
SF4 | 0.279 | |||||
SN1 | 0.259 | 0.809 | 0.944 | 0.921 | ||
SN2 | 0.277 | |||||
SN3 SN4 | 0.286 0.290 | |||||
SNS1 | 0.278 | 0.821 | 0.948 | 0.927 | ||
SNS2 | 0.282 | |||||
SNS3 SNS4 | 0.259 0.285 |
GEP | RP | SF | SN | SNS | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GEP | ||||||
RP | 0.813 | |||||
SF | 0.812 | 0.842 | ||||
SN | 0.829 | 0.887 | 0.777 | |||
SNS | 0.786 | 0.739 | 0.865 | 0.724 |
Hypothesis | Relationship | Beta | T Values | p Values | BCILL | BCIUL | f2 | VIF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RP -> GEP | 0.160 | 2.219 | 0.027 | 0.014 | 0.300 | 0.024 | 3.846 | |
SF -> GEP | 0.208 | 2.700 | 0.007 | 0.053 | 0.358 | 0.034 | 3.893 | |
SF*SN -> GEP | 0.016 | 0.492 | 0.623 | −0.040 | 0.092 | |||
SN -> GEP | 0.341 | 4.104 | 0.000 | 0.169 | 0.492 | 0.117 | 2.258 | |
SNS -> GEP | 0.237 | 2.747 | 0.006 | 0.068 | 0.404 | 0.065 | 2.955 | |
SNS -> RP | 0.682 | 18.014 | 0.000 | 0.599 | 0.749 | 0.869 | 1.000 | |
SNS -> SF | 0.802 | 32.62 | 0.000 | 0.748 | 0.844 | 1.800 | 1.000 |
Hypothesis | Relationships | Beta | T Values | p Values | Lower Limit | Upper Limit |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNS -> RP -> GEP | 0.109 | 2.177 | 0.030 | 0.010 | 0.211 | |
SNS -> SF -> GEP | 0.166 | 2.696 | 0.007 | 0.044 | 0.290 |
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Hussain, I.; Nazir, M.; Hashmi, S.B.; Di Vaio, A.; Shaheen, I.; Waseem, M.A.; Arshad, A. Green and Sustainable Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Mediation-Moderation Perspective. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8627. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13158627
Hussain I, Nazir M, Hashmi SB, Di Vaio A, Shaheen I, Waseem MA, Arshad A. Green and Sustainable Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Mediation-Moderation Perspective. Sustainability. 2021; 13(15):8627. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13158627
Chicago/Turabian StyleHussain, Iftikhar, Mehrab Nazir, Saadia Bano Hashmi, Assunta Di Vaio, Imrab Shaheen, Muhammad Arfaq Waseem, and Adeel Arshad. 2021. "Green and Sustainable Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Mediation-Moderation Perspective" Sustainability 13, no. 15: 8627. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13158627