Catalyzing green entrepreneurial behavior: the role of intentions and selective factors

Figures & data

Figure 1. Hypothesized model (Source: based on LR).

Table 1. Demographic profile of respondents (sample size 327).

Category	Group	Frequency	Percentage
Gender	Male	195	60
	Female	132	40
Age of Respondents	17–22	16	4
	23–28	287	88
	>28	24	8
Year of Experience	Less than 5 years	244	75
	5–10 years	65	20
	More than 10 years	18	5
Education	PG	229	70
	PG + Certification	70	22
	Pursuing Higher Education	28	8

Source: Research Output.

Table 2. Factor loading.

Statements	Attitude	Green entrepreneurial behavior	Green entrepreneurial intention	Perceived behavioral control	Subjective norms
AT1	0.868	–	–	–	–
AT2	0.701	–	–	–	–
AT3	0.855	–	–	–	–
AT4	0.84	–	–	–	–
GEB1	–	0.793	–	–	–
GEB2	–	0.76	–	–	–
GEB3	–	0.742	–	–	–
GEB4	–	0.713	–	–	–
GEB5	–	0.764	–	–	–
GEB6	–	0.71	–	–	–
GEI1	–	–	0.771	–	–
GEI2	–	–	0.777	–	–
GEI3	–	–	0.762	–	–
GEI4	–	–	0.736	–	–
GEI5	–	–	0.786	–	–
PBC1	–	–	–	0.726	–
PBC2	–	–	–	0.773	–
PBC3	–	–	–	0.857	–
PBC4	–	–	–	0.826	–
PBC5	–	–	–	0.83	–
PBC6	–	–	–	0.763	–
PBC7	–	–	–	0.725	–
SN1	–	–	–	–	0.748
SN2	–	–	–	–	0.813
SN3	–	–	–	–	0.806
SN4	–	–	–	–	0.857
SN5	–	–	–	–	0.883

Source: Research output.

Table 3. Results of convergent and Discriminant validity tests.

	Cronbach’s Alpha	rho_A	Composite Reliability	Average Variance Extracted (AVE)	Attitude	GEB	GEI	PBC	SN
Attitude	0.89	0.895	0.89	0.67	0.819		–	–	–
GEB	0.884	0.885	0.884	0.559	0.379	0.748	–	–	–
GEI	0.877	0.877	0.877	0.588	0.374	0.682	0.767	–	–
PBC	0.919	0.921	0.919	0.62	0.431	0.625	0.504	0.787	–
SN	0.913	0.915	0.913	0.677	0.415	0.271	0.303	0.269	0.823

^aSelf-reported.

CA, Cronbach’s alpha; CR, composite reliability; AVE, average variance extracted

(Source: Research Output).

Table 4. Heterotrait monotrait ratio (HTMT).

HTMT	Attitude	GEB	GEI	PBC	SN
Attitude	–	–	–	–	–
GEB	0.378	–	–	–	–
GEI	0.373	0.681	–	–	–
PBC	0.431	0.623	0.503	–	–
SN	0.415	0.27	0.302	0.27	–

Source: Research output.

Table 5. Model fit.

	Saturated model	Estimated model
SOME	0.031	0.031
Chi-square	792.498	794.067
NFI	0.923	0.923

Source: Research output.

Figure 2. The structural model (Source: Research output).

Table 6. Output bootstrapping-PLS.

Causal hypothesis	Path coefficient (B)	t Statistics	p Values	Result
Attitude -> Green Entrepreneurial Intention	0.144	2.153	0.032	Accepted (H1)
Subjective Norms -> Green Entrepreneurial Intention	0.134	2.425	0.016	Accepted (H2)
Perceived Behavioral Control -> Green Entrepreneurial Intention	0.406	5.812	0.000	Accepted (H3)
Perceived Behavioral Control -> Green Entrepreneurial Behavior	0.377	4.045	0.000	Accepted (H4)
Behavioral Intention -> Green Entrepreneurial Behavior	0.492	5.433	0.000	Accepted (H5)

(Source: Research output).

Table 7. Q Square statistics.

	SO	SSE	Q² (=1-SSE/SSO)
Green Entrepreneurial Behavior	3600	2564.884	0.288
Green Entrepreneurial Intention	3000	2520.633	0.16

(Source: Research output).

Table 8. R-squares.

	R-square	R-square adjusted
Green entrepreneurial behavior	0.571	0.569
Green entrepreneurial intention	0.299	0.295

(Source: Research Output).

Table 9. Effect size (f2).

	Attitude	GEB	GEI	PBC	SN
Attitude	–	–	0.021	–	–
GEB	–	–	–	–	–
GEI	–	0.421	–	–	–
PBC	–	0.247	0.189	–	–
SN	–	–	0.021	–	–

Note: Exogenous constructs (rows), Endogenous constructs (columns).

Table 10. Specific indirect effect.

	Path Coefficient (B)	t Statistics	p Values	Result	Decision
Perceived Behavioral Control -> Green Entrepreneurial Intention -> Green Entrepreneurial Behavior	0.2	3.494	0.001	Mediation exists	H6 Accepted
Attitude -> Green Entrepreneurial Intention -> Green Entrepreneurial Behavior	0.071	1.782	0.075	No mediation	H7 Rejected
Subjective Norms -> Green Entrepreneurial Intention -> Green Entrepreneurial Behavior	0.066	2.212	0.027	Mediation exists	H8 Accepted

(Source: Research Output).

Table 11. The summary of research hypotheses concerning mediating effects.

Research hypotheses	Result	VAN (%)	Conclusion
Perceived Behavioral Control ->Green Entrepreneurial Intention -> Green Entrepreneurial Behavior	Supported	73.1	Partial mediation
Subjective Norms -> Green Entrepreneurial Intention -> Green Entrepreneurial Behavior	Supported	72.2	Partial mediation

(Source: Research output).