Analysis of some factors driving ecological sustainability in construction firms

Construction management scholars, institutional investors, and construction practitioners are strongly emphasizing firms’ needs to respond adequately to the harmful effects of construction on human societies and the environment. This study contributes to the ongoing discussion on the environmental d...

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Main Authors:	Bamgbaded, J. A., Kamaruddeen, A. M., Nawi, M. N. M., Adeleke, A. Q., Salimon, Maruf Gbadebo, Ajibike, W. A.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2018
Subjects:	HD Industries. Land use. Labor
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spelling	ump-236122019-01-03T08:14:15Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23612/ Analysis of some factors driving ecological sustainability in construction firms Bamgbaded, J. A. Kamaruddeen, A. M. Nawi, M. N. M. Adeleke, A. Q. Salimon, Maruf Gbadebo Ajibike, W. A. HD Industries. Land use. Labor Construction management scholars, institutional investors, and construction practitioners are strongly emphasizing firms’ needs to respond adequately to the harmful effects of construction on human societies and the environment. This study contributes to the ongoing discussion on the environmental dimension of the triple bottom line of sustainability within the construction industry by considering regulatory framework and a set of organizational capabilities (organizational culture, flexible design, quality orientation, product diversity, and customer loyalty) that have been highlighted to aid firms’ achievement of ecological sustainability. Using survey data of Malaysian large construction firms, structural equation modelling was used to confirm the mediating role of organizational capabilities in the regulatory framework and ecological sustainability relationship. The findings of this study established how proactive firm core competencies can strengthen construction businesses in developing nations to discover new avenues of performing environmentally sound construction businesses. It also demonstrated how a favourable regulation targeted at the unique configuration of large construction firms in Malaysian context could contribute to their environmental sustainability performance. The limitations and future research directions are also discussed. Elsevier 2018 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23612/1/Analysis%20of%20some%20factors%20JCP1.pdf Bamgbaded, J. A. and Kamaruddeen, A. M. and Nawi, M. N. M. and Adeleke, A. Q. and Salimon, Maruf Gbadebo and Ajibike, W. A. (2018) Analysis of some factors driving ecological sustainability in construction firms. Journal of Cleaner Production, 208. pp. 1537-1545. ISSN 0959-6526 (print), 1879-1786 (online) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.229 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.229
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spellingShingle	HD Industries. Land use. Labor Bamgbaded, J. A. Kamaruddeen, A. M. Nawi, M. N. M. Adeleke, A. Q. Salimon, Maruf Gbadebo Ajibike, W. A. Analysis of some factors driving ecological sustainability in construction firms
description	Construction management scholars, institutional investors, and construction practitioners are strongly emphasizing firms’ needs to respond adequately to the harmful effects of construction on human societies and the environment. This study contributes to the ongoing discussion on the environmental dimension of the triple bottom line of sustainability within the construction industry by considering regulatory framework and a set of organizational capabilities (organizational culture, flexible design, quality orientation, product diversity, and customer loyalty) that have been highlighted to aid firms’ achievement of ecological sustainability. Using survey data of Malaysian large construction firms, structural equation modelling was used to confirm the mediating role of organizational capabilities in the regulatory framework and ecological sustainability relationship. The findings of this study established how proactive firm core competencies can strengthen construction businesses in developing nations to discover new avenues of performing environmentally sound construction businesses. It also demonstrated how a favourable regulation targeted at the unique configuration of large construction firms in Malaysian context could contribute to their environmental sustainability performance. The limitations and future research directions are also discussed.
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author	Bamgbaded, J. A. Kamaruddeen, A. M. Nawi, M. N. M. Adeleke, A. Q. Salimon, Maruf Gbadebo Ajibike, W. A.
author_facet	Bamgbaded, J. A. Kamaruddeen, A. M. Nawi, M. N. M. Adeleke, A. Q. Salimon, Maruf Gbadebo Ajibike, W. A.
author_sort	Bamgbaded, J. A.
title	Analysis of some factors driving ecological sustainability in construction firms
title_short	Analysis of some factors driving ecological sustainability in construction firms
title_full	Analysis of some factors driving ecological sustainability in construction firms
title_fullStr	Analysis of some factors driving ecological sustainability in construction firms
title_full_unstemmed	Analysis of some factors driving ecological sustainability in construction firms
title_sort	analysis of some factors driving ecological sustainability in construction firms
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2018
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