Green and Sustainable Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Mediation-Moderation Perspective

• Main Authors: Iftikhar Hussain, Mehrab Nazir, Saadia Bano Hashmi, Assunta Di Vaio, Imrab Shaheen, Muhammad Arfaq Waseem, Adeel Arshad
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
• Series: Sustainability
• Subjects: social networking sites; risk propensity; self-efficacy; subjective norms; green and sustainable entrepreneurial intention
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/15/8627

This research was aimed to investigate the connection between the social networking sites and green entrepreneurship intentions through a mediated-moderated model. The study was based on the Shepero’s model of entrepreneurship intentions and Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior. The study design reflects that social networking sites and green entrepreneurship intentions are mediated by risk propensity and self-efficacy, while self-efficacy and green entrepreneurship intentions’ relationship is further moderated by subjective norms. A well-structured and self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from 500 respondents. The data were analyzed, and hypotheses were tested using PLS-SEM. The study findings confirmed that there exists a positive and significant link between social networking sites and green entrepreneurship intentions through the indirect effect of risk propensity and self-efficacy. However, the findings regarding moderating effect indicated that subjective norms have no significant impact between the self-efficacy and green entrepreneurship intentions. The study findings have significant academic and practical implications for government representatives, policymakers, and entrepreneurial educational institutes that can use these findings.