The relationship between contingent factors that influence the environmental management accounting and environmental performance among manufacturing companies in Klang Valley, Malaysia

Environmental issues are attracting increasing attention in Malaysia with the tremendous increase in waste generation; the cost of production and waste treatment is getting expensive. Data from the Malaysian Environmental Department shows that 80% of the waste is generated by the manufacturing indus...

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Main Authors: Ong, Tze San, Teh, Boon Heng, Selley, Selvi, Magsi, Hussain Bakhsh
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2018
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/65314/
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author Ong, Tze San
Teh, Boon Heng
Selley, Selvi
Magsi, Hussain Bakhsh
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Teh, Boon Heng
Selley, Selvi
Magsi, Hussain Bakhsh
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description Environmental issues are attracting increasing attention in Malaysia with the tremendous increase in waste generation; the cost of production and waste treatment is getting expensive. Data from the Malaysian Environmental Department shows that 80% of the waste is generated by the manufacturing industry. Firms are constantly requested to change their business practices to incorporate environmental activities. It also indicates that future natural resources are being squandered as waste due to less exposure to environmental management accounting, which results in unproductivity, overproduction, increase in total delivery cost, or inefficiency in manufacturing plant. This research exploits the quantitative research methodology to understand the relationship between contingent factors, which are uncertainty in the environment, organizational size, environmental strategy, regulatory pressure, and top management commitment that influence environmental management accounting and environmental performance among manufacturing companies in Klang Valley, Selangor. The survey was conducted on manufacturing companies located in Klang Valley, based on the 2,400 companies registered in the Federal Malaysian Manufacturer (FMM) database. 600 questionnaires were sent out to manufacturing companies and the finding highlights that the uncertainty in the environment, regulatory pressure, and top management commitment significantly affect environmental performance.
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spelling upm-653142018-10-05T07:30:32Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/65314/ The relationship between contingent factors that influence the environmental management accounting and environmental performance among manufacturing companies in Klang Valley, Malaysia Ong, Tze San Teh, Boon Heng Selley, Selvi Magsi, Hussain Bakhsh Environmental issues are attracting increasing attention in Malaysia with the tremendous increase in waste generation; the cost of production and waste treatment is getting expensive. Data from the Malaysian Environmental Department shows that 80% of the waste is generated by the manufacturing industry. Firms are constantly requested to change their business practices to incorporate environmental activities. It also indicates that future natural resources are being squandered as waste due to less exposure to environmental management accounting, which results in unproductivity, overproduction, increase in total delivery cost, or inefficiency in manufacturing plant. This research exploits the quantitative research methodology to understand the relationship between contingent factors, which are uncertainty in the environment, organizational size, environmental strategy, regulatory pressure, and top management commitment that influence environmental management accounting and environmental performance among manufacturing companies in Klang Valley, Selangor. The survey was conducted on manufacturing companies located in Klang Valley, based on the 2,400 companies registered in the Federal Malaysian Manufacturer (FMM) database. 600 questionnaires were sent out to manufacturing companies and the finding highlights that the uncertainty in the environment, regulatory pressure, and top management commitment significantly affect environmental performance. Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/65314/1/11%29The%20Relationship%20between%20Contingent%20Factors%20that%20Influence%20the%20Environmental%20Management%20Accounting.pdf Ong, Tze San and Teh, Boon Heng and Selley, Selvi and Magsi, Hussain Bakhsh (2018) The relationship between contingent factors that influence the environmental management accounting and environmental performance among manufacturing companies in Klang Valley, Malaysia. International Journal of Economics and Management, 12 (1). pp. 205-232. ISSN 1823-836X; ESSN: 2600-9390 http://www.ijem.upm.edu.my/vol12no1/11)The%20Relationship%20between%20Contingent%20Factors%20that%20Influence%20the%20Environmental%20Management%20Accounting.pdf
spellingShingle Ong, Tze San
Teh, Boon Heng
Selley, Selvi
Magsi, Hussain Bakhsh
The relationship between contingent factors that influence the environmental management accounting and environmental performance among manufacturing companies in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title The relationship between contingent factors that influence the environmental management accounting and environmental performance among manufacturing companies in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_full The relationship between contingent factors that influence the environmental management accounting and environmental performance among manufacturing companies in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_fullStr The relationship between contingent factors that influence the environmental management accounting and environmental performance among manufacturing companies in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The relationship between contingent factors that influence the environmental management accounting and environmental performance among manufacturing companies in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_short The relationship between contingent factors that influence the environmental management accounting and environmental performance among manufacturing companies in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_sort relationship between contingent factors that influence the environmental management accounting and environmental performance among manufacturing companies in klang valley, malaysia
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