Investigating environmental sustainability in small family-owned businesses: Integration of religiosity, ethical judgment, and theory of planned behavior

•This study extends the TPB by adding religiosity and ethical judgment constructs.•Data was collected from 374 family-owned businesses in fiji.•Intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity positively impact attitude.•Attitude and subjective norms drive environmental sustainability intention.•Ethical judgment...

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Published in:Technological forecasting & social change 2021-12, Vol.173, p.121094, Article 121094
Main Authors: Singh, Gurmeet, Sharma, Shavneet, Sharma, Rashmini, Dwivedi, Yogesh K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Empirical equations
Environment sustainability
Ethical standards
Ethics
Family owned businesses
Family-owned business
Judgment
Multivariate statistical analysis
Norms
Quantitative analysis
Religiosity
Research methodology
Structural equation modeling
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Theory of planned behavior
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Summary:•This study extends the TPB by adding religiosity and ethical judgment constructs.•Data was collected from 374 family-owned businesses in fiji.•Intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity positively impact attitude.•Attitude and subjective norms drive environmental sustainability intention.•Ethical judgment moderates attitude and subjective norm paths on intention behavior. This study aims to explore the environmental sustainability intentions of family-owned businesses in Fiji. We developed a conceptual model that extends the theory of planned behavior (TPB) by incorporating intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity and ethical judgment as moderating variables. We used a quantitative research methodology to collect data from 374 family-owned businesses in Fiji. We further tested the proposed model of this study using structural equation modeling. The empirical results showed that intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity positively influence the attitude of family-owned businesses toward environmental sustainability. Attitude and subjective norms were found to influence environmental sustainability intention positively. Furthermore, it was found that ethical judgment strengthens the positive relationship between attitude and subjective norms on environmental sustainability intentions. This study makes practical and theoretical contributions by giving insights into the drivers of the environmental sustainability intentions of family-owned businesses.
ISSN:0040-1625
1873-5509
DOI:10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121094