“…In particular, the questionnaire had three sections: green and lean practice, guanxi utilisation; and organisational performance. The 19 items comprising the first section were developd by the author, based on a number of sources from the literature (Dues et al, 2013;Wiengarten et al, 2013;Duarte and Cruz-Machado, 2015;Sobral et al, 2013;Garza-Reyes et al, 2014;2015;Larson and Greenwood, 2004;Mollenkopf et al, 2010;Kleindorfer et al, 2005;Pampanelli et al, 2014;Diaz-Elsayed et al, 2013;Mason et al, 2008;Kurdve et al, 2011;Carvalho et al, 2011;Cabral et al, 2012;Carvalho et al, 2014;Sertyesilisik, 2014;Salleh et al, 2012;Banawi and Bilec, 2014) and opinions from experts. Section 2 comprised 5 items developed from the literature; these items sought to capture the extent to which a firm's managers utilised guanxi connections with business community and supply chain partners (Liu et al, 2008;Cheng, 2011).…”