The influence of pro-environmental managers' personal values on environmental disclosure: the mediating role of the environmental organizational structure

dc.contributor.authorLuque-Vílchez, Mercedes
dc.contributor.authorMesa-Pérez, Enrique
dc.contributor.authorHusillos Carques, Francisco Javier
dc.contributor.authorLarrinaga González, Carlos
dc.contributor.departmentInstitute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics - INARBEen
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-23T16:02:52Z
dc.date.available2024-02-23T16:02:52Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.date.updated2024-02-23T15:30:23Z
dc.description.abstractPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine in greater depth the influence of internal factors on the disclosure of environmental information by companies. The influence of pro-environmental managers¨ personal values on environmental disclosure quality is analyzed and the extent to which the influence of those values is mediated by the practices associated with the environmental organizational structure of the company. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use a partial least squares structural equation model to analyze the relationship between the quality of the environmental information disclosed by 137 environmentally sensitive Spanish firms, their level of commitment towards the environment and the personal values of the directors in charge of those reports. Findings – A central finding of this work is that a positive relationship between the pro-environmental managers’ personal values and environmental disclosure quality is fully mediated by the environmental organizational structures of their companies. Practical implications – A better understanding of the relationship between the personal values of managers and corporate environmental reporting quality will contribute to the design of policies that can enhance firm transparency and accountability, for example, by educating future managers in sustainability values. Social implications – Light is cast on the mechanisms that can enhance corporate transparency and accountability in relation to environmental matters. Originality/value – In this paper, a quantitative study of the internal driving forces of environmental disclosure is conducted, an aspect that has often been ignored in the literature on quantitative voluntary social reporting. The merit of this approach is its contribution to the literature through the analysis of the reasons why powerful actors within firms could (or could not) develop corporate social reporting practices.en
dc.description.sponsorshipMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad, FEDER and Consejería de Educación, Junta de Castilla y León (Grants ECO2015-65782-P and BU058P17).es_ES
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dc.identifier.citationLuque-Vílchez, M., Mesa-Pérez, E., Husillos J., Larrinaga, C. (2019) The influence of pro-environmental managers' personal values on environmental disclosure: The mediating role of the environmental organizational structure. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 10(1), 41-61. https://doi.org/10.1108/SAMPJ-01-2018-0016.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/SAMPJ-01-2018-0016
dc.identifier.issn2040-8021
dc.identifier.urihttps://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/47556
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherEmeralden
dc.relation.ispartofSustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 10(1), 2019, 41-61en
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//ECO2015-65782-P/ES/
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.1108/SAMPJ-01-2018-0016
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectMediation analysisen
dc.subjectCorporate environmental disclosureen
dc.subjectEnvironmental organizational structureen
dc.subjectManagers' personal valuesen
dc.titleThe influence of pro-environmental managers' personal values on environmental disclosure: the mediating role of the environmental organizational structureen
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