Confirmation of a measurement model for green supply chain management practices implementation.pdf

ARTICLE IN PRESS0925-5273/$ - see doi:10.1016/j.ijp $Supported Foundation 910 China Project ( Liaoning Provin Kong Polytechn Correspondi fax: +86411 84 E-mail addre jsarkis@clarku. (K.-H. Lai).Int. J. Production Economics 111 (2008) 261–273 /locate/ijpeConfirmation of a measurement model for green supply chain management practices implementation$ Qinghua Zhua,, Joseph Sarkisb, Kee-hung Laic aSchool of Management, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning Province 116024, PR China bGraduate School of Management, Clark University, Worcester, MA 01610-1477, USA cDepartment of Logistics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong Received 1 March 2006; accepted 1 November 2006 Available online 24 May 2007Abstract This study aims to empirically investigate the construct of and the scale for evaluating green supply chain management (GSCM) practices implementation among manufacturers. With data collected from 341 Chinese manufacturers, two measurement models of GSCM practices implementation were tested and compared by confirmatory factor analysis. Our empirical findings suggest that both the first-order and the second-order models for GSCM implementation are reliable and valid. Our study contributes to the literature on empirical examination of the construct of GSCM practices implementation and to the practices of managers with a validated measurement scale to evaluate their strengths and weaknesses in different facets of implementing GSCM practices in their organizations. r 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Green supply chain management; Construct; Practice measurement; Confirmatory factor analysis; Manufacturers1. Introduction Environmentally sustainable (green) supply chain management (GSCM) has emerged as an important organizational philosophy to achieve corporate profit and market share objectives by reducing environmental risks and impacts while improvingfront matter r 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved e.2006.11.