Factors influencing firm’s environmental performance in Malaysia / Rohati Shafie

The changes in the global environmental conditions have placed great challenges to the governments, industries and societies. Business organizations are often blamed to be the sources of these environmental problems. Their role in mitigating these problems shall not be underestimated. Higher environ...

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Main Author: Shafie, Rohati
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM 2017
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19836/1/ABS_ROHATI%20SHAFIE%20TDRA%20VOL%2011%20IGS%2017.pdf
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description The changes in the global environmental conditions have placed great challenges to the governments, industries and societies. Business organizations are often blamed to be the sources of these environmental problems. Their role in mitigating these problems shall not be underestimated. Higher environmental performance can be translated into eco-advantage which enhances a firm’s competitiveness. Drawing from the resource-based theory, this study aimed to examine the internal and external factors influencing the environmental performance of firms certified under the ISO 14001 in Malaysia. Five hypotheses were generated by taking into consideration two internal factors (i.e. environmental policy and environmental training) and three external factors (i.e. regulatory stakeholders’ pressure, community stakeholders’ pressure and customer pressures). The total population of the study was 643 firms. Thus, this study employed census, with all the 643 firms used in the study. Five (5) face-to-face interviews and thirty (30) pilot tests from 15 firms were conducted to pretest the survey questionnaire. A total of 628 questionnaires were mailed to the respondents after excluding 15 firms from the pilot test. A total of 268 manufacturing firms responded to the questionnaires. In this research, structural equation modeling was applied to test the hypotheses…
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spelling oai:ir.uitm.edu.my:198362018-06-08T01:34:03Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19836/ Factors influencing firm’s environmental performance in Malaysia / Rohati Shafie Shafie, Rohati Malaysia The changes in the global environmental conditions have placed great challenges to the governments, industries and societies. Business organizations are often blamed to be the sources of these environmental problems. Their role in mitigating these problems shall not be underestimated. Higher environmental performance can be translated into eco-advantage which enhances a firm’s competitiveness. Drawing from the resource-based theory, this study aimed to examine the internal and external factors influencing the environmental performance of firms certified under the ISO 14001 in Malaysia. Five hypotheses were generated by taking into consideration two internal factors (i.e. environmental policy and environmental training) and three external factors (i.e. regulatory stakeholders’ pressure, community stakeholders’ pressure and customer pressures). The total population of the study was 643 firms. Thus, this study employed census, with all the 643 firms used in the study. Five (5) face-to-face interviews and thirty (30) pilot tests from 15 firms were conducted to pretest the survey questionnaire. A total of 628 questionnaires were mailed to the respondents after excluding 15 firms from the pilot test. A total of 268 manufacturing firms responded to the questionnaires. In this research, structural equation modeling was applied to test the hypotheses… Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM 2017 Book Section PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19836/1/ABS_ROHATI%20SHAFIE%20TDRA%20VOL%2011%20IGS%2017.pdf Factors influencing firm’s environmental performance in Malaysia / Rohati Shafie. (2017) In: The Doctoral Research Abstracts. IGS Biannual Publication, 11 (11). Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM, Shah Alam.
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Factors influencing firm’s environmental performance in Malaysia / Rohati Shafie
title Factors influencing firm’s environmental performance in Malaysia / Rohati Shafie
title_full Factors influencing firm’s environmental performance in Malaysia / Rohati Shafie
title_fullStr Factors influencing firm’s environmental performance in Malaysia / Rohati Shafie
title_full_unstemmed Factors influencing firm’s environmental performance in Malaysia / Rohati Shafie
title_short Factors influencing firm’s environmental performance in Malaysia / Rohati Shafie
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url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19836/1/ABS_ROHATI%20SHAFIE%20TDRA%20VOL%2011%20IGS%2017.pdf
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