| Author: | Leung, Fei Suet |
| Title: | Factors affecting compliance with higg index in the textile and apparel industry : a model and empirical analysis |
| Advisors: | Ngai, Eric (MM) |
| Degree: | D.B.A. |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Subject: | Textile industry -- Environmental aspects Clothing trade -- Environmental aspects Hong Kong Polytechnic University -- Dissertations |
| Department: | Faculty of Business |
| Pages: | x, 126 pages : color illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | This research developed a theoretical model by integrating institutional theory and the coping appraisal of protection motivation theory to investigate which factors influence manufacturers' intention to comply with the HIGG Index in the apparel and textile industry. The HIGG Index is a standardized assessment system used to measure and evaluate manufacturers' performance in the context of environmental impact. This study received 99 valid questionnaires from the organization's senior executives in the apparel and textile industry's manufacturing field. The collected data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The empirically tested result indicated that all external institutional isomorphisms influenced organizational decision-making through coping appraisal. The results also pointed out that, although all three kinds of institutional isomorphism affect the coping appraisal, two of the coercive pressures and mimetic pressures also directly influenced senior executives' intention to adopt the HIGG Index. The findings demonstrate that the coping appraisal had a significant impact on senior executives' intention in adopting the HIGG Index. Self-efficacy and response efficacy are the fundamental driving forces that positively affect executives' intentions. This study successfully explored the critical factors that affect the apparel and textile manufacturers' use of the HIGG Index for their organizations. The research model's results highlighted that the external institutional pressures are an important element to be considered in the promotion strategy of adopting the environmental impact measure system. It is necessary to have the manufacturers, suppliers, customers, associations in the apparel and textile industry, and local government to participate actively the enhancement of implementation of environmental measure system and increase the traceability of environmental performance. In this way, manufacturers can carry out actions and improvement plan autonomously to minimize environmental impacts gradually towards a sustainable textile and apparel industry. Ultimately, this study provides useful insights and guidelines to help promote and encourage environmental protection and provide references for improving the structure and marketing strategies of the HIGG Index. |
| Rights: | All rights reserved |
| Access: | restricted access |
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