TY - JOUR
T1 - Corporate Sustainable Development
T2 - Testing a New Scale Based on the Mainland Chinese Context
AU - Chow, Wing S.
AU - Chen, Yang
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - According to the predominant corporate sustainable development (CSD) framework, this exploratory paper verifies that CSD construct can be modeled by integrating the dimensions of social, economic, and environmental development. We first developed and validated measurement scales for these three dimensions based on a survey of 314 managers in mainland China. Then, using structural equation modelling, we confirmed that the proposed model is valid. Therefore, our findings may allow researchers to explore CSD further, and practitioners to develop their understanding of CSD initiatives in organizations.
AB - According to the predominant corporate sustainable development (CSD) framework, this exploratory paper verifies that CSD construct can be modeled by integrating the dimensions of social, economic, and environmental development. We first developed and validated measurement scales for these three dimensions based on a survey of 314 managers in mainland China. Then, using structural equation modelling, we confirmed that the proposed model is valid. Therefore, our findings may allow researchers to explore CSD further, and practitioners to develop their understanding of CSD initiatives in organizations.
KW - Corporate sustainable development
KW - Instrument refinement
KW - Scale development
KW - Second-order analysis
KW - Theory development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84856222365&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10551-011-0983-x
DO - 10.1007/s10551-011-0983-x
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84856222365
SN - 0167-4544
VL - 105
SP - 519
EP - 533
JO - Journal of Business Ethics
JF - Journal of Business Ethics
IS - 4
ER -