The Relationship between Leadership Commitment, Environmentally Sustainable Operations and Firm Performance: Evidence from a Survey of Ghanaian Manufacturing Firms

Benjamin Agyei-Owusu, Ebenezer Okpoti

2019

Abstract

The last decade has seen growing interest in environmentally sustainable operations in emerging economies. However research into the drivers and outcomes of environmentally sustainable operations of manufacturing firms in Africa has been largely lacking. This study develops a research model which proposes that environmentally sustainable operations are driven by a leadership commitment to green practices and results in improved firm performance. Data to test to the research model was derived from a survey of 334 manufacturing firms operating in Ghana and was analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling. The results of the study confirmed that leadership commitment had a significant effect on environmentally sound operations, which in turn significantly impacted firm performance. The implications of the study are discussed.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Agyei-Owusu B. and Okpoti E. (2019). The Relationship between Leadership Commitment, Environmentally Sustainable Operations and Firm Performance: Evidence from a Survey of Ghanaian Manufacturing Firms.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Industrial Technology - Volume 1: ICONIT, ISBN 978-989-758-434-3, pages 260-265. DOI: 10.5220/0009445902590264

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iconit19,
author={Benjamin Agyei-Owusu and Ebenezer Okpoti},
title={The Relationship between Leadership Commitment, Environmentally Sustainable Operations and Firm Performance: Evidence from a Survey of Ghanaian Manufacturing Firms},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Industrial Technology - Volume 1: ICONIT,},
year={2019},
pages={260-265},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009445902590264},
isbn={978-989-758-434-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Industrial Technology - Volume 1: ICONIT,
TI - The Relationship between Leadership Commitment, Environmentally Sustainable Operations and Firm Performance: Evidence from a Survey of Ghanaian Manufacturing Firms
SN - 978-989-758-434-3
AU - Agyei-Owusu B.
AU - Okpoti E.
PY - 2019
SP - 260
EP - 265
DO - 10.5220/0009445902590264