최고 경영자의 창업가적 특성이 지속가능성 관행을 매개로 기업의 지속가능 성과에 미치는 영향

초록

This study aims to empirically examine the effect of CEOs’ entrepreneurial characteristics on corporate sustainability performance through the mediating role of sustainability practices. In recent years, companies have increasingly shifted their strategic focus from short-term profitability toward long-term sustainability in response to growing uncertainty in the business environment, such as climate change, resource depletion, and the expansion of mandatory ESG disclosure. Within this context, CEOs’ entrepreneurial leadership, managerial competencies, and ethical values function as critical drivers for implementing sustainable management and achieving long-term competitive advantage. This study analyzes the structural relationships among CEOs’ entrepreneurial characteristics, sustainability practices, and corporate sustainability performance across the economic, social, and environmental dimensions. Entrepreneurial characteristics are composed of entrepreneurial leadership, managerial skills, and morality/ethics, which represent the internal attributes that enhance the execution of sustainable management. Sustainability practices are defined as the concrete activities undertaken by firms to fulfill environmental, social, and economic responsibilities, and they serve as a mediating mechanism linking entrepreneurial traits to sustainability performance. The empirical results indicate that CEOs’ entrepreneurial characteristics have a significant positive effect on sustainability practices, which, in turn, mediate the relationship between entrepreneurial traits and sustainability performance. These findings confirm that CEOs’ entrepreneurial competencies strengthen organizational implementation capacity for sustainability and act as essential resources for achieving sustainable performance. This study contributes to the expansion of sustainability management theory by presenting an integrated perspective on leadership, managerial skills, and ethical values, while also providing practical implications for CEO leadership development and ESG strategy formulation.

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