Buyer-supplier relationship on social sustainability: Moderation analysis of cultural intelligence

Figures & data

Figure 1. Conceptual framework.

Table 1. Mean, standard deviation, correlation and results of discriminant validity

	BCQ	COQ	MCQ	MEC	RG	SP	SC	WE	FS	FA
BCQ	0.759
COQ	0.125*	0.81
MCQ	0.188**	0.127*	0.776
MEC	0.257**	0.205**	.0142*	0.793
RG	0.221**	0.113	−0.09*	0.235**	0.805
SP	0.276**	0.319**	0.137*	0.324**	0.285**	0.806
SC	0.251**	0.09	0.115	0.374**	0.311**	0.35**	0.803
WE	−0.049	0.09	0.018	−0.022	−0.068	0.056	−0.041	1
FS	−0.008	0.03	0.084	0.022	−0.04	0.013	−0.07	0.119*	1
FA	−0.073	0.067	−0.015	0.031	−0.004	0.015	−0.033	0.029	0.16*	1
M	5.809	6.114	5.997	5.921	6.211	6.082	6.11	0.37	0.82	0.81
SD	0.817	0.622	0.649	0.709	0.565	625	0.59	0.35	0.33	0.47

Notes: BCQ = Behavior Cognitive, COQ = Cognitive, MCQ = Motivational Cognitive, MEC = Metacognitive, RG = Relational governance, SP = Social performance, SC = Sustainability Commitment, WE = Work experience, FS = Firm size, FA = Firm age, M = mean and SD = Standard deviation.

* Correlation is significant at the p < 0.01 level.

** Correlation is significant at the p < 0.05 level.

Table 2. Validation of constructs survey items

Items	Factor loadings^a	t-value	Error variance	Item R^2
Relational governance (RG)
AVE: 0.64, CA: 0.82, CR: 0.88
RG1	0.86	24.45	0.254	0.746
RG2	0.8	22.07	0.352	0.648
RG3	0.77	22.07	0.404	0.596
RG4	0.78	18.27	0.395	0.605
Social performance (SP)
AVE: 0.64, CA: 0.81, CR: 0.88
SP1	0.77	17.39	0.407	0.593
SP2	0.85	32.09	0.278	0.722
SP3	0.82	27.95	0.316	0.684
SP4	0.77	21.36	0.401	0.599
Commitment to sustainability
AVE:0.69, CA:0.90, CR: 0.90
SC1	0.87	23.65	0.243	0.757
SC2	0.83	14.04	0.311	0.689
SC3	0.77	15.66	0.407	0.593
SC4	0.86	23.05	0.26	0.74
Cultural intelligence (CQ)
Metacognitive
AVE: 0.63, CA: 0.72, CR: 0.83
MEC1	0.81	10.46	0.333	0.667
MEC2	0.82	10.25	0.326	0.674
MEC3	0.74	7.48	0.439	0.561
Cognitive
AVE: 0.65, CA: 0.74, CR: 0.85
COQ1	0.73	7.14	0.467	0.533
COQ2	0.87	23.04	0.241	0.759
COQ3	0.82	16.05	0.323	0.677
Behavior cognitive
AVE: 0.55, CA: 0.75, CR: 0.84
BCQ1	0.76	15.53	0.409	0.591
BCQ2	0.73	12.48	0.458	0.542
BCQ3	0.77	19.06	0.398	0.602
BCQ4	0.75	1184	0.428	0.572
Motivational cognitive
AVE: 0.60, CA: 0.78, CR: 0.85
MCQ1	0.75	13.37	0.425	0.575
MCQ2	0.78	14.36	0.388	0.612
MCQ3	0.82	26.47	0.324	0.676
MCQ4	0.74	12.72	0.452	0.548

Notes: MCQ = Motivational culture intelligence, MEC = Meta cognitive intelligence, BCQ = Behavior cognitive, α = Cronbach’s alpha.

^a p < 0.05.

Table 3. Standardised results of hierarchical regression

Control	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
FS: Firm size	0.09	0.09	0.09
Firm age	0.04	0.06	0.07
Work experience	0.09	0.011	0.15*
Main Effects
Relational governance (RG)	–	0.28**	0.28**
Sustainability commitment (SC)	–	0.32**	0.32**
Meta cognition (MEQ)	–	0.31**	0.31**
Cognition (COQ)	–	0.03	0.03
Behavioural (BCQ)	–	0.22**	0.22**
Motivational (MCQ)	–	0.04	0.04
Interaction effects
MEQ x SC	–	0.26**	0.26**
COQ x SC	–	0.06	0.05
BCQ x SC	–	.14*	.14*
MCQ x SC	–	−0.18*	−0.18*
R^2	0.33	0.44	0.48
∆R^2	–	0.11**	0.04**
F	5.83**	7.24**	7.01**

* p = 0.05.

** p  = 0.01.

Figure 2. moderating effects of metacognition cultural intelligence on the relationship between relational governance and sustainability commitment.

Figure 3. Moderating effects of behavior cultural intelligence on the relationship between relational governance and sustainability commitment.

Figure 4. Moderating effects of motivational cultural intelligence on the relationship between relational governance and sustanabiliaty commitment.