Do CEOs? and board directors? environmental governance experience, corporations? age and financial performance influence adoption of green management practices? A study of energy-intensive industries in Malaysia

Corporations operating in energy-intensive industries have faced increasing pressure to introduce green management practices (GMPs), while seeking to pursue profitability for the benefit of shareholders. Although chief executive officers (CEOs) and corporate boards with environmental governance expe...

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Main Authors: Jaaffar A.H., Rasiah R., Osabohien R., Amran A.
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description Corporations operating in energy-intensive industries have faced increasing pressure to introduce green management practices (GMPs), while seeking to pursue profitability for the benefit of shareholders. Although chief executive officers (CEOs) and corporate boards with environmental governance experience are likely to seek the adoption of GMPs, it may not happen among young and low financial performance corporations owing to a lack of operational experience and financial constraints. Drawing from institutional theory, this study proposes that the influence of CEOs and corporate boards? environmental governance experience on GMPs will depend on their age and financial position of the corporations. Four hypotheses were tested using panel data (2011?2015) from 209 publicly-listed corporations drawn from energy-intensive industries in Malaysia. The results reveal that CEOs with environmental governance experience among young and high financial corporations are likely to adopt GMPs, but not among old and low financial performance corporations. The results also reveal that corporate boards with environmental governance experience are likely to adopt GMPs among young and old corporations, and low and high financial performance corporations. The findings provide strong implications for government policy in general, and the emerging economies in particular to promote environmental governance for achieving sustainable development goals. ? The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2024.
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spelling my.uniten.dspace-362812025-03-03T15:41:47Z Do CEOs? and board directors? environmental governance experience, corporations? age and financial performance influence adoption of green management practices? A study of energy-intensive industries in Malaysia Jaaffar A.H. Rasiah R. Osabohien R. Amran A. 58897806500 6603796397 57201922189 35619567200 Malaysia Green development Green economy Chief executive officer Corporates Energy intensive industries Environmental governances Executive Board Financial performance Green managements Malaysia Management practises Operational experience age energy efficiency environmental management finance management practice Decentralized finance Corporations operating in energy-intensive industries have faced increasing pressure to introduce green management practices (GMPs), while seeking to pursue profitability for the benefit of shareholders. Although chief executive officers (CEOs) and corporate boards with environmental governance experience are likely to seek the adoption of GMPs, it may not happen among young and low financial performance corporations owing to a lack of operational experience and financial constraints. Drawing from institutional theory, this study proposes that the influence of CEOs and corporate boards? environmental governance experience on GMPs will depend on their age and financial position of the corporations. Four hypotheses were tested using panel data (2011?2015) from 209 publicly-listed corporations drawn from energy-intensive industries in Malaysia. The results reveal that CEOs with environmental governance experience among young and high financial corporations are likely to adopt GMPs, but not among old and low financial performance corporations. The results also reveal that corporate boards with environmental governance experience are likely to adopt GMPs among young and old corporations, and low and high financial performance corporations. The findings provide strong implications for government policy in general, and the emerging economies in particular to promote environmental governance for achieving sustainable development goals. ? The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2024. Final 2025-03-03T07:41:47Z 2025-03-03T07:41:47Z 2024 Article 10.1007/s12053-024-10257-2 2-s2.0-85205806545 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85205806545&doi=10.1007%2fs12053-024-10257-2&partnerID=40&md5=ee5aa195cbfdefa0deda41d2fc9f371e https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/36281 17 7 82 Springer Science and Business Media B.V. Scopus
spellingShingle Malaysia
Green development
Green economy
Chief executive officer
Corporates
Energy intensive industries
Environmental governances
Executive Board
Financial performance
Green managements
Malaysia
Management practises
Operational experience
age
energy efficiency
environmental management
finance
management practice
Decentralized finance
Jaaffar A.H.
Rasiah R.
Osabohien R.
Amran A.
Do CEOs? and board directors? environmental governance experience, corporations? age and financial performance influence adoption of green management practices? A study of energy-intensive industries in Malaysia
title Do CEOs? and board directors? environmental governance experience, corporations? age and financial performance influence adoption of green management practices? A study of energy-intensive industries in Malaysia
title_full Do CEOs? and board directors? environmental governance experience, corporations? age and financial performance influence adoption of green management practices? A study of energy-intensive industries in Malaysia
title_fullStr Do CEOs? and board directors? environmental governance experience, corporations? age and financial performance influence adoption of green management practices? A study of energy-intensive industries in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Do CEOs? and board directors? environmental governance experience, corporations? age and financial performance influence adoption of green management practices? A study of energy-intensive industries in Malaysia
title_short Do CEOs? and board directors? environmental governance experience, corporations? age and financial performance influence adoption of green management practices? A study of energy-intensive industries in Malaysia
title_sort do ceos? and board directors? environmental governance experience, corporations? age and financial performance influence adoption of green management practices? a study of energy-intensive industries in malaysia
topic Malaysia
Green development
Green economy
Chief executive officer
Corporates
Energy intensive industries
Environmental governances
Executive Board
Financial performance
Green managements
Malaysia
Management practises
Operational experience
age
energy efficiency
environmental management
finance
management practice
Decentralized finance
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