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

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.