Table 7 Outcomes of research hypotheses.

From: From commitment to action: unraveling the pathways from top management commitment to environmental sustainability in the Chinese banking sector

Hypotheses

Paths

β-value

SE

t-values

p-values

2.50%

97.50%

Remarks

H1

TMC→GI

0.415

0.046

9.077

0.000

0.329

0.507

Supported

H2

TMC→CSR

0.286

0.076

3.747

0.000

0.131

0.432

Supported

H3

TMC→ES

0.208

0.064

3.254

0.001

0.076

0.330

Supported

H4

GI→ESP

0.399

0.054

7.355

0.000

0.292

0.502

Supported

H5

GI→CSR

0.359

0.062

5.764

0.000

0.237

0.481

Supported

H6

CSR→ESP

0.168

0.052

3.257

0.001

0.062

0.262

Supported

H7

GI→ES

0.263

0.062

4.268

0.000

0.051

0.243

Supported

H8

ES→ESP

0.146

0.049

2.994

0.003

0.051

0.243

Supported

Mediation analysis

H9

GI→CSR→ESP

0.06

0.019

3.179

0.001

0.023

0.097

Fully mediated

H10

GI→ES→ESP

0.038

0.017

2.320

0.020

0.011

0.075

Fully mediated