Impact of knowledge absorptive capacity on corporate sustainability with mediating role of CSR: analysis from the Asian context

Considering the growing awareness about sustainable development among various stakeholders, the present study aims to examine the impact of employees' knowledge absorptive capacity (KAC) on firms' corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices for accomplishing corporate sustainability pe...

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Published inJournal of environmental planning and management Vol. 63; no. 2; pp. 148 - 174
Main Authors Shahzad, Mohsin, Qu, Ying, Ur Rehman, Saif, Zafar, Abaid Ullah, Ding, Xiangan, Abbas, Jawad
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 28.01.2020
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Absorptive capacity
China
Comparative analysis
corporate social responsibility
Fuzzy sets
human resources
Impact analysis
Interest groups
knowledge absorptive capacity
least squares
Malaysia
manufacturing
Middle East
Multinational corporations
Multivariate statistical analysis
organizational performance
Pakistan
PLS-SEM
Qualitative analysis
Robustness
Sampling
Social responsibility
stakeholders
Structural equation modeling
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Taiwan
Middle East
Malaysia
Pakistan
China
Taiwan
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Summary:Considering the growing awareness about sustainable development among various stakeholders, the present study aims to examine the impact of employees' knowledge absorptive capacity (KAC) on firms' corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices for accomplishing corporate sustainability performance (CSP) goals by following the absorptive capacity and green theory. Data were collected using a convenience sampling technique from 587 ISO-certified manufacturing Multinational Corporations (MNCs) from the Asia Pacific region, including those from China, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Middle East, and Taiwan. It was analysed using partial least squares structural equation modeling and fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). As per the results, KAC is positively correlated with CSR activities and significantly impacts CSP. Second, CSR was found to have a considerable mediating impact. Third, importance-performance map analysis indicated that the performance of KAC is relatively higher than CSR for CSP. Furthermore, fsQCA results validate the robustness of constructs towards CSP.
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ISSN:0964-0568
1360-0559
1360-0559
DOI:10.1080/09640568.2019.1575799