B) Intention to Adopt Environmental Management Practices among Food Manufacturing SMEs in Malaysia

Introduction:

Awareness on environmental and sustainable issues is globally increasing and it has been seen that existing environmental development designs cannot be sustained in the long period. This study endeavours to determine the factors influencing SMEs intention to adopt environmental management practices (EMPs) by focusing on food manufacturing SMEs. Data were collected via email-based questionnaire survey sent to 1,165 owner-managers of food manufacturing SMEs and 367 usable samples were analysed. Structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis was performed to analyse the causal effects of the determinant factors on the intention to adopt EMPs. Among eight factors tested in the structural model, six factors showed statistically significant effects on the intention to adopt EMPs with compatibility being the strongest factor, while complexity turned out to be the least important factor in the whole structural model. On the other hand, quality of human resources and customer pressure appeared to be insignificant factors. Owner-manager’s attitudes have partial mediation effects in the relationships of four variables namely relative advantage, compatibility, organizational support and regulatory pressure towards the intention to adopt EMPs. This study also provides the evidence of moderating effect of firm age and firm size on several paths in the model. Results obtained suggest that the SMEs owner-managers in Malaysia have an intention to implement EMPs in their organizations.

Publication

Journal

1. Malisah, L., Mohamed, Z.A., Sharkawi, I. and Sharifuddin, J. (2018). Environmental management practices (EMPs) for sustainable development in Malaysian food processing SMEs. International Journal of Accounting, Finance and Business, Vol.3, Issues 7, pp. 93-103. eISSN: 0128-1844

2. Malisah, L., Mohamed, Z.A., Sharkawi, I. and Sharifuddin, J. (2018). Exploratory factor analysis of environmental management practices (EMPs) for sustainable development in Malaysian food processing SMEs. Proceedings: 1st International Conference on Business, Humanities and Education (ICBHE, 2018), 3rd – 4th March 2018, Penang, Malaysia, pp. 145-158. ISBN 978-967-15620-0-0

3. Malisah, L., Sharkawi, I., Sharifuddin, J. and Mohamed, Z.A. (2018). Investigating owner-manager’s intention to adopt environmental management practices among food processing SMEs in Malaysia. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Management Practices, Vol.1, Issues 3, pp. 01-11. eISSN: 2600-8750

4. Malisah, L., Mohamed, Z.A., Sharifuddin, J. and Sharkawi, I. (2018). Environmental management practices intentions: An approached based on Theory of Planned Behavior. Proceedings: 2nd International Conference on Social Sciences, Humanities and Technology (ICSHT 2018), 4th – 5th August 2018, Penang, Malaysia, pp. 1-8. eISBN 978-967-15744-0-9

5. Malisah Latip, Ismawati Sharkawi and Zainalabidin Mohamed. (2020). Intention to Adopt environmental management practices among Malaysian small and medium enterprises in food manufacturing sector. Proceedings: Kuala Lumpur International Multidisciplinary Conference on Social Sciences and Engineering (KLIMCSE 2020), 25 July 2020, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp. 21-36. eISBN: 978-967-17837-7-1

    

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Department of Social Science and Management
Faculty of Humanities, Management and Science
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Updated:: 17/09/2020 [lanz]