Motivating green public procurement in China: An individual level perspective
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Green public procurement (GPP) practices have been recognized as an effective policy tool for sustainable production and consumption. However, GPP practices adoption, especially in developing countries, is still an issue. Seeking to help understand these adoption issues, we develop a conceptual model which hypothesizes moderation effects of GPP knowledge on the relationships between GPP drivers and practices. Using primary data collected from 193 Chinese government officials, we find that regulations, rewards & incentive gains, and stakeholders exert pressure to motivate adoption of GPP practices. Knowledge of GPP regulations, responsibilities and experiences in developed countries is found to be limited. The study also found that voluntary regulations may actually be demotivating GPP practices. This study contributes to further theoretical and practical understanding of GPP practices. The findings can be helpful for policy makers, especially those in developing countries, to establish promotion and diffusion mechanisms for GPP practices as an important sustainable development tool.
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Rewards and incentives can have a positive impact on the implementation of GPP.
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Rewards and incentives is a facilitator of GPP.
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- Authors
- Zhu, Q., Geng, Y., & Sarkis, J.
- Affiliations
- Dalian University of Technology (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Clark University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Geng, Yong
- Venue
- Journal of Environmental Management
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-09
- Volume
- 126
- Pages
- 85-95
- ISSN
- 0301-4797 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2006811003
- Cited by
- 209
- References
- 60
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 33 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 23.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Environmental Management (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (71025002)
- National Key Basic Research Program of China (2011CB013406)
- Natural Science Foundation of China (71033004, 712111042)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (2008-318)
- Ministry of Science and Technology (2011BAJ06B01)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Public Procurement and Policy
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Keywords
- green public procurement, government officials, voluntary regulation, regulatory pressure, rewards and incentives, stakeholder pressure, sustainable consumption and production, China, developing countries
- MeSH terms
- China, Conservation of Natural Resources, Government, Individuality, Models, Psychological, Models, Theoretical, Motivation, Surveys and Questionnaires
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