Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Subscription Access
Open Access Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Restricted Access Subscription Access

Translating Environmental Management Practices into Improved Environmental Performance via Green Organizational Culture: Insight from Ghanaian Manufacturing SMEs


Affiliations
1 Transportation Engineering College, Dalian Maritime University, China
2 Dalian Maritime University, China
3 Department of Marketing and Management, Széchenyi István University, Hungary
     

   Subscribe/Renew Journal


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.
Subscription Login to verify subscription
User
Notifications
Font Size


Abstract Views: 220

PDF Views: 0




  • Translating Environmental Management Practices into Improved Environmental Performance via Green Organizational Culture: Insight from Ghanaian Manufacturing SMEs

Abstract Views: 220  |  PDF Views: 0

Authors

Ebenezer Afum
Transportation Engineering College, Dalian Maritime University, China
Yaw Agyabeng-Mensah
Dalian Maritime University, China
Joseph Amponsah Owusu
Department of Marketing and Management, Széchenyi István University, Hungary

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.