Translating Environmental Management Practices into Improved Environmental Performance via Green Organizational Culture: Insight from Ghanaian Manufacturing SMEs
Published: 2020
Author(s) Name: Ebenezer Afum, Yaw Agyabeng-Mensah, Joseph Amponsah Owusu |
Author(s) Affiliation: Transportation Engineering College, Dalian Maritime University, China.
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Abstract
The aim of this study is to examine the mediating role of green organizational culture between environmental management
practices (EMPs) and environmental performance. The study collected data from 157 manufacturing firms and employed the
Partial Least Square–Structural Equation Modeling as an analytical tool to test all hypothesized relationships. The results of
the study indicated that EMPs (green manufacturing and green procurement) and green organizational culture are significant
predictors of environmental performance. The study further showed that EMPs (green manufacturing and green procurement)
have a significant positive effect on green organizational culture. It was also realized that green organizational culture plays a
mediating role between EMPs and environmental performance. The study provides insight for managers to ensure that EMPs
become a vital and permanent activity, thus becoming a cultural value which will be accepted and supported by all organizational
members in the quest to achieve environmental performance goals.
Keywords: Environmental Management Practices, Green Manufacturing, Green Procurement, Green Organizational Culture, Environmental Performance
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