Sustainability Orientation and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Intention: The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Opportunity Recognition

The purpose of this research is twofold. First, to examine the influence of four dimensions of sustainability orientation which are sustainability knowledge, sustainability culture, sustainability practices and commitment to environmental sustainability on the sustainable entrepreneurship intention...

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Main Authors: Bapoo, Mivesh Ashwyn, Tehseen, Shehnaz*, Syed Arslan Haider, Mohar Yusof, Motaghi, Hamed
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Language:English
Published: Allied Business Academies 2022
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author Bapoo, Mivesh Ashwyn
Tehseen, Shehnaz*
Syed Arslan Haider,
Mohar Yusof,
Motaghi, Hamed
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Tehseen, Shehnaz*
Syed Arslan Haider,
Mohar Yusof,
Motaghi, Hamed
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description The purpose of this research is twofold. First, to examine the influence of four dimensions of sustainability orientation which are sustainability knowledge, sustainability culture, sustainability practices and commitment to environmental sustainability on the sustainable entrepreneurship intention of business schools’ students in Malaysia; and the second is to explore the mediating role of entrepreneurial opportunity recognition among these variables. The data for this study were collected from business school students in Malaysia through a standard self-administered online structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed through the PLS-SEM approach. The findings have revealed the direct effect of commitment to environmental sustainability on sustainable entrepreneurship intention. However, sustainability culture, sustainability knowledge and sustainability practices have been found to have no significant direct effect on sustainable entrepreneurship intention. Entrepreneurial opportunity recognition has successfully mediated the relationship between sustainability culture and commitment to environmental sustainability with sustainable entrepreneurship intention. Nonetheless, it has failed to mediate the relationship between sustainability knowledge and sustainability practices with sustainable entrepreneurship intention. The existence of the mediation of entrepreneurial opportunity recognition between sustainability culture and commitment to environmental sustainability with sustainable entrepreneurship intention has contributed knowledge to the sustainable entrepreneurship and sustainability orientation literature.
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spelling sunway-19802022-07-22T07:39:13Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1980/ Sustainability Orientation and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Intention: The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Opportunity Recognition Bapoo, Mivesh Ashwyn Tehseen, Shehnaz* Syed Arslan Haider, Mohar Yusof, Motaghi, Hamed HB Economic Theory HC Economic History and Conditions The purpose of this research is twofold. First, to examine the influence of four dimensions of sustainability orientation which are sustainability knowledge, sustainability culture, sustainability practices and commitment to environmental sustainability on the sustainable entrepreneurship intention of business schools’ students in Malaysia; and the second is to explore the mediating role of entrepreneurial opportunity recognition among these variables. The data for this study were collected from business school students in Malaysia through a standard self-administered online structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed through the PLS-SEM approach. The findings have revealed the direct effect of commitment to environmental sustainability on sustainable entrepreneurship intention. However, sustainability culture, sustainability knowledge and sustainability practices have been found to have no significant direct effect on sustainable entrepreneurship intention. Entrepreneurial opportunity recognition has successfully mediated the relationship between sustainability culture and commitment to environmental sustainability with sustainable entrepreneurship intention. Nonetheless, it has failed to mediate the relationship between sustainability knowledge and sustainability practices with sustainable entrepreneurship intention. The existence of the mediation of entrepreneurial opportunity recognition between sustainability culture and commitment to environmental sustainability with sustainable entrepreneurship intention has contributed knowledge to the sustainable entrepreneurship and sustainability orientation literature. Allied Business Academies 2022 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nc_4 http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1980/1/Sustainability%20orientation.pdf Bapoo, Mivesh Ashwyn and Tehseen, Shehnaz* and Syed Arslan Haider, and Mohar Yusof, and Motaghi, Hamed (2022) Sustainability Orientation and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Intention: The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Opportunity Recognition. Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal, 28 (2). pp. 1-23. ISSN 1528-2686 https://www.abacademies.org/journals/academy-of-entrepreneurship-journal-home.html
spellingShingle HB Economic Theory
HC Economic History and Conditions
Bapoo, Mivesh Ashwyn
Tehseen, Shehnaz*
Syed Arslan Haider,
Mohar Yusof,
Motaghi, Hamed
Sustainability Orientation and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Intention: The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Opportunity Recognition
title Sustainability Orientation and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Intention: The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Opportunity Recognition
title_full Sustainability Orientation and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Intention: The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Opportunity Recognition
title_fullStr Sustainability Orientation and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Intention: The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Opportunity Recognition
title_full_unstemmed Sustainability Orientation and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Intention: The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Opportunity Recognition
title_short Sustainability Orientation and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Intention: The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Opportunity Recognition
title_sort sustainability orientation and sustainable entrepreneurship intention: the mediating role of entrepreneurial opportunity recognition
topic HB Economic Theory
HC Economic History and Conditions
url http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1980/
http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1980/
http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1980/1/Sustainability%20orientation.pdf