CEO attention and sustainable development: An analysis of its influence on firm's sustainability orientation

IF 9.9 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Sustainable Development Pub Date : 2024-01-09 DOI:10.1002/sd.2890

Kangkang Yu, Shaobo Hou, Cheng Qian, Lingbo Zhang

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Abstract

Drawing on the attention‐based view and leadership theory, this study proposes a theoretical framework for the relationship between CEOs' attention load and firms' sustainability orientation, with supply chain leadership and CEOs' social capital playing mediating and moderating roles, respectively. We tested the theoretical framework by analysing panel data on 236 CEOs from 102 listed companies in the agricultural and food industries in China from 2012 to 2019. We find that (a) CEOs' attention load negatively affects firms' sustainable orientation; (b) this relationship is partially mediated by firms' supply chain leadership; and (c) CEOs' social capital positively moderates this mediating effect. Lower CEO attention loads are associated with increased supply chain leadership and higher sustainability orientation for the firm. Additionally, CEOs' social capital positively moderates the relationship between attention load and sustainability orientation. This study integrates the attention‐based view and leadership theory into sustainable development research, investigating the translation mechanism of CEO attention to a firm's managerial orientation towards sustainability. It contributes to leadership theory by extending sustainable and ethical leadership from an intra‐ to inter‐organisational context.

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首席执行官的关注与可持续发展：首席执行官的关注与可持续发展：分析其对公司可持续发展导向的影响

本研究借鉴注意力观点和领导力理论，提出了CEO注意力负荷与企业可持续发展导向之间关系的理论框架，其中供应链领导力和CEO的社会资本分别起到中介和调节作用。我们通过分析 2012 年至 2019 年中国农业和食品行业 102 家上市公司 236 位 CEO 的面板数据，对该理论框架进行了检验。我们发现：(a) CEO 的注意力负荷对企业的可持续发展导向有负面影响；(b) 企业的供应链领导力对这一关系起到部分中介作用；(c) CEO 的社会资本对这一中介效应起到积极的调节作用。首席执行官的注意力负荷越低，企业的供应链领导力就越强，可持续发展导向就越高。此外，首席执行官的社会资本会积极调节注意力负荷与可持续发展导向之间的关系。本研究将基于注意力的观点和领导力理论整合到可持续发展研究中，调查了首席执行官的注意力与企业可持续发展管理导向的转化机制。本研究将可持续和道德领导力从组织内部扩展到组织间，为领导力理论做出了贡献。

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Sustainable Development Multiple-

CiteScore

17.30

自引率

11.20%

发文量

168

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