Government regulation, business leaders’ motivations and environmental performance of SMEs
| Autor: | Lans Bovenberg, Johan Graafland |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Applied Economics, Clinical Genetics, Research Group: Economics, Department of Economics, Tilburg Sustainability Center |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Geography
Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law 01 natural sciences Motivation crowding theory environmental performance Crowds Government regulation Phenomenon Intrinsic motivation Empirical evidence intrinsic motivation 0105 earth and related environmental sciences General Environmental Science Water Science and Technology Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes motivation crowding theory Public economics government regulation 021107 urban & regional planning Crowding Crowding out Business small- and medium-sized enterprises |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 63(8), 1335-1355. Routledge |
| ISSN: | 1360-0559 0964-0568 |
| Popis: | This paper investigates whether government regulation crowds out intrinsic motivation to improve environmental performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Motivation crowding is the phenomenon by which external pressures reduce intrinsic motivation. Literature on motivation crowding effects of environmental regulations exhibits two gaps. First, previous studies have focused on households while neglecting business organizations, even though businesses account for a major part of industrial pollution worldwide. Second, previous literature neither measured intrinsic motivation nor tested how government regulation affects this motivation. Empirical evidence of motivation crowding by environmental regulations is therefore still lacking. This paper fills both research gaps. Using a dataset of 2,373 SMEs from 12 European countries, we show that government regulation enhances environmental performance directly but harms it indirectly by crowding out intrinsic and extrinsic motivations of business leaders. It only stimulates environmental performance for companies exhibiting low motivation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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