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Sustainable production framework for cement manufacturing firms: a behavioural perspective

Luo, Zongwei, Dubey, Rameshwar, Gunasekaran, Angappa, Childe, Stephen J., Papadopoulos, Thanos, Hazen, Benjamin, Roubaud, David (2017) Sustainable production framework for cement manufacturing firms: a behavioural perspective. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 78 . pp. 495-502. ISSN 1364-0321. (doi:10.1016/j.rser.2017.04.069) (KAR id:61804)

Abstract

Understanding sustainable production is becoming increasingly important for production and operations managers, mainly due to a shortage in natural resources. Sustainability requires many changes in behaviour at all levels. Few studies within the sustainable production literature have empirically disentangled the underlying behavioural concepts of sustainable production. To address this gap, this study utilizes the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) to develop a theoretical framework to explain sustainable production behaviour. Survey data gathered from 128 Indian cement manufacturing units suggest that attitude, subjective norms or social pressures and perceived behavioural control are predictors of the intention for sustainable production which then predicts sustainable production behaviour. The research contribution of this study is twofold: firstly, the current study highlight that the influence of social pressures or subjective norms on intention is greater than attitude and perceived behavioural control; and secondly it may be noted that intention is not a strong predictor of the sustainable production behaviour. Finally, our study based on limitations offers extensive future research directions.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/j.rser.2017.04.069
Uncontrolled keywords: Sustainable production; Theory of planned behaviour (TPB); Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA); Hierarchical Regression Analysis; Empirical research; Operations management
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions: Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Analytics, Operations and Systems
Depositing User: Thanos Papadopoulos
Date Deposited: 21 May 2017 00:30 UTC
Last Modified: 04 Mar 2024 16:43 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/61804 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Papadopoulos, Thanos.

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6821-1136
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