Environmental Activism and Big Data: Building Green Social Capital in China

Xu, Jing; Zhang, Huijun

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“…Green social capital is the value of the interaction or relationship between the employees of organization and the public for the success of organizations and environmental protection. Green social refers to establish social networks and pro-environmental social norms to address the local pollution problems (Xu and Zhang, 2020). Green social capital plays a very important contribution to maintain the values of the organization, environment and to measure the level of social capital within the organization.…”

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“…In order to enjoy the benefits gained from green social capital the entire group in the organization should work together to maintain a good relationship with colleagues and society. Green social capital has a positive impact to governess the organization (Xu and Zhang, 2020), environmental performance and innovation (Yadiati, 2019; Delgado-Verde et al ., 2014). However Hesniati and Erlen (2021) found that social capital appeared as an insignificant predictor to enhance the performance in SMEs.…”

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Nexus between green intellectual capital and the sustainability business performance of manufacturing SMEs in Malaysia

Hina,

Khalique,

Shaari

et al. 2024

JIC

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PurposeThis research attempts to assess the role of green intellectual capital components with respect to the sustainability business performance of manufacturing SMEs in Malaysia.Design/methodology/approachEmpirical data for this study were gathered through structured questionnaire forms, from entrepreneurs, managers, and decision-makers of manufacturing, small and medium enterprises. A sample of 500 individuals from 170 manufacturing SMEs from Malaysia was participated. Partial Least Squares (PLS) Structural Equation Modelling technique was used to examine the impact of green intellectual capital on the sustainability business performance of SMEs.FindingsResults expressed that green intellectual capital has a positive significant impact on the sustainability business performance of manufacturing SMEs in Malaysia. Results also posited that the three components such as green customer capital, green technological capital, and green spiritual capital were supported while green human capital, green structural capital, and green social capital were not supported.Practical implicationsThe present study inspects how entrepreneurs, managers, and policymakers should practice the concept of green and sustainability to attain maximum benefits from green intellectual capital to increase the sustainability business performance of their organizations.Originality/valueThis pioneering research produces a comprehensive theoretical model of green intellectual capital, supporting the current literature where similar works have been yet. This theoretical model will guide entrepreneurs and managers of SMEs to measure green intellectual capital in SMEs. Despite the significant contribution, this study offers insights to researchers, academicians and practitioners to mitigate environmental destruction and to achieve the sustainable business performance of SMEs in Malaysia and developing countries.

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Section: Literature Review and Hypotheses Developmentmentioning

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Nexus between green intellectual capital and the sustainability business performance of manufacturing SMEs in Malaysia

Hina,

Khalique,

Shaari

et al. 2024

JIC

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“…They have been early adopters of the Internet and active users of social media [ 3 ]. Most notably, Chinese ENGOs have recently begun to apply large numbers of data to improve public participation, leading to the creation of green social capital in China [ 39 ]. Regarding organizational function, ENGOs in China can be divided into three types: (1) solution-focused ENGOs that aim to implement on-the-ground projects and programs to help address a specific environmental issue; (2) service-focused ENGOs that seek to engage people with nature and cultivate environmental literacy and stewardship; and (3) supportive ENGOs that provide funding, knowledge, expertise, ideas, and other resources to promote environmental protection [ 40 ].…”

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Activating beyond Informing: Action-Oriented Utilization of WeChat by Chinese Environmental NGOs

Zhang

2022

IJERPH

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Social media has generated new opportunities for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to inform and educate publics, and more powerfully, it enables NGOs to mobilize people to act. To enhance understanding how social media functions to serve action-oriented communication for organizations, we focused on WeChat, the largest social media in China. We examined an original dataset of 2472 articles posted by 175 environmental NGOs (ENGOs) during a two-month period in 2019 on WeChat. A qualitative content analysis was conducted to identify what actions ENGOs use WeChat to mobilize. We used statistical methods to analyze the effectiveness of ENGOs’ action-oriented utilization of WeChat and the organizational differences in the adoption of action-oriented messages. This study reveals that more than a quarter of the articles were mobilizational in nature. There were three major types of action ENGOs mobilize via WeChat. Though the informational use of WeChat is extensive, users prefer action-oriented messages and the activating strategy is more effective in motivating users to engage. Our analysis indicates that the more participatory people feel, the more likely they are to respond to WeChat messages, and the more they are involved. Our findings have implications for how the adoption of WeChat helps engender new paradigms of citizen participation.

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State-of-the-art perspectives on data-driven sustainable supply chain: A bibliometric and network analysis approach

Mahajan,

Agrawal,

Raut

2023

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Environmental Activism and Big Data: Building Green Social Capital in China

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Cited by 7 publications

References 86 publications

Nexus between green intellectual capital and the sustainability business performance of manufacturing SMEs in Malaysia

Nexus between green intellectual capital and the sustainability business performance of manufacturing SMEs in Malaysia

Activating beyond Informing: Action-Oriented Utilization of WeChat by Chinese Environmental NGOs

State-of-the-art perspectives on data-driven sustainable supply chain: A bibliometric and network analysis approach

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