Students´ perception of sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the benefits for companies derived from their implementation

Figures & data

Figure 1. Theoretical model.

Source: own elaboration.

Table 1. Sample description.

Students’ characteristics	Percentage (%)
Gender
Male	39.3
Female	60.7
Age
Between 19 and 25	85.8
Between 26 and 30	7.9
Between 31 and 54	6.3
They have work experience
Yes	41.6
No	58.4
University Degree
Business Administration and double degrees	63.5
Master	9.5
International relations degree	27.0

Source: own elaboration.

Table 2. Construct reliability and convergent validity (AVE).

Variable	Cronbach’s α	rho_A	Composite reliability	AVE
Business commitment	0.620	0.643	0.838	0.722
Benefits	0.820	0.823	0.859	0.501
People	0.738	0.726	0.824	0.503
Planet	0.801	0.818	0.869	0.624
Prosperity	0.770	0.781	0.844	0.519
Peace	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000
Partnerships	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000

Source: own elaboration.

Table 3. Discriminant validity.

Fornell-Larcker criteria
Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
(1) Business commitment	0.850
(2) Benefits	0.187	0.617
(3) People	0.235	0.342	0.697
(4) Planet	0.166	0.384	0.434	0.790
(5) Prosperity	0.206	0.443	0.610	0.584	0.721
(6) Peace	0.337	0.190	0.472	0.308	0.459	1.000
(7) Partnerships	0.382	0.233	0.450	0.357	0.501	0.653	1.000
Heterotrait-monotrait ratio (HTMT)
Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
(1) Business commitment
(2) Benefits	0.292
(3) People	0.343	0.398
(4) Planet	0.226	0.441	0.346
(5) Prosperity	0.296	0.511	0.800	0.733
(6) Peace	0.415	0.222	0.536	0.346	0.512
(7) Partnerships	0.482	0.245	0.512	0.395	0.561	0.653

Source: own elaboration.

Table 4. Effects on endogenous variables.

Effects on endogenous variables	Direct effect	t-Value (Bootstrap)	Percentile 95% confidence interval (bias-corrected)	Explained variance (%)
SDGs
R^2=0.371/ Q^2=0.112				37.1%
Business commitment	H1 = 0.612***	9.319	[0.430; 0.701] Sig.
People
R^2=0.055/ Q^2=0.022				5.5%
Business commitment	H1.a = 0.236**	2.826	[0.045; 0.379] Sig.
Planet
R^2=0.028/ Q^2=0.013				2.8%
Business commitment	H1.b = 0.165	2.069 ^ns	[-0.007; 0.313] ns.
Prosperity
R^2=0.043/ Q^2=0.018				4.3%
Business commitment	H1.c = 0.206*	2.432	[0.029; 0.362] Sig.
Peace
R^2=0.113/ Q^2=0.091				11.3%
Business commitment	H1.d = 0.338***	5.234	[0.192; 0.450] Sig.
Partnerships
R^2=0.146/ Q^2=0.123				14.6%
Business commitment	H1.e = 0,382***	5.560	[0.236; 0.506] Sig.
Benefits
R^2=0.447/ Q^2=0.154				44.7%
SDGs	H2 = 0.669***	0.142	[0.523; 0.737] Sig.
Benefits
R^2=0.236/ Q^2=0.071				23.6%
People	H2.a = 0.114	0.827 ^ns	[-0.170; 0.313] ns.
Planet	H2.b = 0.179	1.661 ^ns	[-0.046; 0.372] ns.
Prosperity	H2.c = 0.298**	2.417	[0.050; 0.535] Sig.
Peace	H2.d=(0.067)	3,236 ^ns	[-0.285; 0.178] ns.
Partnerships	H2.e = 0.010	0.173 ^ns	[-0.206; 0.197] ns.

* p <.05; ** p <.01; *** p <.001.

Source: own elaboration.

Figure 2. Model results.

Source: own elaboration.