An Integrated Organisational Culture for Sustainable Environmental Performance in the Nigerian Context
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Organisational Culture
1.2. Environmental Performance
2. Empirical Reviews of Literature
2.1. Development of Culture and Sustainable Environmental Performance Hypotheses
2.1.1. Core Value and Sustainable Environmental Performance
2.1.2. Reporting Structure and Sustainable Environmental Performance
2.1.3. Task Performance and Sustainable Environmental Performance
2.1.4. Role Clarity and Sustainable Environmental Performance
2.1.5. Deliberation of Issue and Sustainable Environmental Performance
2.1.6. Distinctive Identity and Sustainable Environmental Performance
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Sample and Data Collection
3.2. Measurement and Analysis
3.3. Results
4. Discussions
5. Conclusions and Implications
6. Limitations and Future Study
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Loadings | T-Statistics | p-Values | Path Co-Efficient | R2 |
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Structural Path | |||||
Organisational Culture → Environmental Performance | 36.316 | 0.000 | 0.876 | 0.768 | |
Importance-Performance Map | |||||
Measurement | Performances | Importance | |||
Core Value Distinction | 0.830 | 22.420 | 0.000 | 54.273 | 0.178 |
Well Reporting Structure | 0.880 | 34.942 | 0.000 | 63.429 | 0.196 |
Task Performance Procedure | 0.795 | 13.869 | 0.000 | 56.667 | 0.136 |
Clarity of Roles | 0.878 | 34.384 | 0.000 | 63.000 | 0.193 |
Careful Deliberation of Issues | 0.860 | 33.249 | 0.000 | 59.963 | 0.165 |
Distinctive Identity | 0.854 | 23.426 | 0.000 | 56.406 | 0.159 |
EPq1 | 0.783 | 18.055 | 0.000 | ||
EPq2 | 0.706 | 11.389 | 0.000 | ||
EPq3 | 0.707 | 13.096 | 0.000 | ||
EPq4 | 0.664 | 9.960 | 0.000 | ||
Cronbach Alpha | Organisational Culture | 0.923 | |||
Environmental Performance | 0.783 | ||||
Composite Reliability | Organisational Culture | 0.940 | |||
Environmental Performance | 0.808 | ||||
AVE | Organisational Culture | 0.722 | |||
Environmental Performance | 0.613 |
Model Fit Indicators | Benchmark | Saturated Model |
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SRMR | <0.08 | 0.027 |
CMIN/DF | <3 | 1.264 |
d-G (Geodesic Distance) | >0.08 | 2.777 |
Chi Square | >0.05 | 817.741 |
NFI | Between 0 + 1 | 0.744 |
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Adebayo, O.P.; Worlu, R.E.; Moses, C.L.; Ogunnaike, O.O. An Integrated Organisational Culture for Sustainable Environmental Performance in the Nigerian Context. Sustainability 2020, 12, 8323. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12208323
Adebayo OP, Worlu RE, Moses CL, Ogunnaike OO. An Integrated Organisational Culture for Sustainable Environmental Performance in the Nigerian Context. Sustainability. 2020; 12(20):8323. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12208323
Chicago/Turabian StyleAdebayo, Olufunke P., Rowland E. Worlu, Chinonye L. Moses, and Olaleke O. Ogunnaike. 2020. "An Integrated Organisational Culture for Sustainable Environmental Performance in the Nigerian Context" Sustainability 12, no. 20: 8323. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12208323
APA StyleAdebayo, O. P., Worlu, R. E., Moses, C. L., & Ogunnaike, O. O. (2020). An Integrated Organisational Culture for Sustainable Environmental Performance in the Nigerian Context. Sustainability, 12(20), 8323. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12208323