A Study on Proactive Environmental Health and Safety Management System in Construction Industries

Charles, Julien; Palanisamy, Manikandan; Nidhu, S.Priscil

doi:10.14445/23488352/ijce-v5i1p106

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“…There are many socially sensitive issues in the construction industry, such as energy waste and environmental pollution management at different stages of building material production, construction and operation [31], which often become the focus of the media, and the pressure of environmental public opinion faced by enterprises is also increasing day by day. According to the Agenda Setting Theory, corporate issues are an important part of media public opinion.…”

Section: Moderating Effect Of Environmental Public Opinion Pressurementioning

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The Impact of Political Connections on Corporate Green Innovation: The Mediating Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility and the Moderating Effect of Environmental Public Opinion

Wang

Peng

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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The construction industry is the lifeblood of the national economy; thereby, to some extent, the green transformation of the construction industry is representative of the industrialization levels of modern construction, especially in China. Based on the panel data of A-share listed companies in China’s construction industry from 2014 to 2019, this work studies the influence mechanism of political connection on corporate green innovation by establishing a multiple regression model, analyzes the realization path of corporate social responsibility as an mediating variable on the impact of political connections on corporate green innovation, and reveals the role boundary of environmental public opinion as a moderating variable on the impact of political connections on corporate green innovation. The results show that political connection has a significant positive impact on corporate green innovation, and this impact exists in both state-owned and non-state-owned enterprises, as well as in the eastern region and the central and western regions of China. Moreover, corporate social responsibility plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between political connection and corporate green innovation, and serves as an effective value transfer intermediary, a benefit balance mechanism, and a risk avoidance method. Political connections urge enterprises to be more socially responsible, thus affecting green innovation. Additionally, environmental public opinion strengthens the positive impact of political connections on corporate green innovation, especially in non-state-owned enterprises and in the eastern regions with a higher degree of marketization. The research conclusions provide a new theoretical reference for promoting the transformation of green innovation and achieving high-quality development in the construction industry.

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Section: Moderating Effect Of Environmental Public Opinion Pressurementioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Political Connections on Corporate Green Innovation: The Mediating Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility and the Moderating Effect of Environmental Public Opinion

Wang

Peng

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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“…Environmental public opinion pressure will enhance the green innovation cognition and subjective desire of enterprise leaders, and prompting enterprises to adopt green innovation strategies to reduce the negative impact of production and operation on the environment, which will improve the external image of the enterprise. On the other hand, enterprise leaders with strong awareness of environmental risks and environmental benefits tend to be more "active" in environmental protection (Charles et al, 2018;Myskova and Hajek, 2018). In order to avoid being exposed by public opinion, enterprises will actively respond to the country's call for green development, regarding green innovation as corporate social responsibility, and green innovation investment is regarded as a new profit growth point.…”

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The Impact of Public Opinion Pressure on Construction Company Green Innovations: The Mediating Effect of Leaders' Environmental Intention and the Moderating Effect of Environmental Regulation

Wang

Han

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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Media has paid more attention recently on environmental issues caused by construction companies which imposes public opinion pressure on construction companies and could potentially impact their decision-making processes for green innovations. However, research on the relationship between public opinions pressure and construction company green innovation behavior is still limited. To understand how such public opinions pressure can impact construction companies' green transition and formulate advice accordingly, it is necessary to use empirical data to find the correlations. Therefore, this research has gathered questionnaire data of the construction companies in Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle of China to study the influencing mechanism of environmental public opinion pressure on enterprise green innovation behavior, analyzes the realization path of leaders' environmental intention as a mediating variable in the impact of environmental public opinion pressure on enterprise green innovation behavior, and reveals the role boundary of environmental regulation as a moderating variable in the impact of environmental public opinion pressure on enterprise green innovation behavior. The results show that environmental public opinion pressure has a significant positive impact on enterprise green innovation behavior. More specifically, enterprise green innovation behavior is affected by leaders' environmental intention and the latter plays a partial mediating role between environmental public opinion pressure and enterprise green innovation behavior. Environmental regulation also enhances the sensitivity of companies to environmental public opinion pressure, and therefore can significantly strengthen the relationship between environmental public opinion pressure and enterprise green innovation behavior. Further research find that, compared with incentive-based environmental regulations, mandatory environmental regulations make companies more sensitive to environmental public opinion pressure and has a more significant positive moderating effect. The research conclusions could be used to provide theoretical reference with empirical data for accelerating the green innovation transformation and promoting the high-quality development in the construction industry.

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A Study on Proactive Environmental Health and Safety Management System in Construction Industries

Cited by 2 publications

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The Impact of Political Connections on Corporate Green Innovation: The Mediating Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility and the Moderating Effect of Environmental Public Opinion

The Impact of Political Connections on Corporate Green Innovation: The Mediating Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility and the Moderating Effect of Environmental Public Opinion

The Impact of Public Opinion Pressure on Construction Company Green Innovations: The Mediating Effect of Leaders' Environmental Intention and the Moderating Effect of Environmental Regulation

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