Abstract
To remain competitive within the present inherent business environment, there is a demand for organisations to embrace an integrated culture-behaviour for performance that enables them to adopt a critical engine for a more sustainable working environment. Organisational culture, which is a reflection of predominant valued beliefs, is expected to influence a sustainable environmental performance. Evidence abounds of several organisational activities with adverse impacts on humans and the environment. The study examines an organisation’s processes that can be incorporated as a culture to ensure a more sustainable working environment. This paper proposes the use of six organisational culture practices (core value, reporting system, task performance, clarity of roles, careful deliberations, and distinctive identity) to find out organisation values, as well as individual preferences in enhancing an immediate sustainable environment. The study selected 480 employees of Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCGs) firms who are active in their organisational work processes; 358 responded, and as such, was deemed as a valid research sample. The empirical analysis was carried out using a variance-based Structural Equation Modelling with partial least squares for the path-modelling (PLS-SEM), both for the Algorithm Model, and the Bootstrapping Model with β and p-values obtained from the findings. The findings provide empirical evidence that there is a significant level of influence of organisational culture on environmental performance. However, among the organisational practices, task performance has the least influence on environmental performance. This implies that organisations should invest more in the dimensions of organisational culture with higher performance-importance, while adequate attention should be given to variables with the least influence on the target construct of environmental performance.
Highlights
The inherent dynamism of the business environment has made it imperative for organisations to imbibe in a more ethical culture that will accomplish, and sustain a functional sustainable immediate environment
The study focus was on a four dominant Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCGs) firms in the industry based on their performances in having large market shares [78], namely Nestle Nigeria Plc., Unilever Nigeria Plc., A.G
In PLS Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM), R-Square i.e., the coefficient of determination, structural path co-efficient (β-value), T-statistic value, and the degree of goodness-of-fit model helps to determine the level of influence and relationship between the organisational culture and environmental performance as well as the model fitness
Summary
The inherent dynamism of the business environment has made it imperative for organisations to imbibe in a more ethical culture that will accomplish, and sustain a functional sustainable immediate environment. In advancing performance and competitiveness, organisations tend to build up more capacity in production processes, these activities are engaged in a planned culture geared towards sustaining a more friendly environment. In promoting a distinctive culture, organisations are expected to sense a display responsibility within the host communities, where the business activity is operated [1]. Srisathan, Ketkaew, & Naruetharadhol [3] affirms organisational culture as having a significant impact that strikes a chord in determining organisational performance. Culture as a system integrates values, as well as influences the attitude of the people and their conduct within the organisation [4]
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