Effect of sustainable procurement practice on social and environmental performance of firm, the moderating role of top management support.
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2023
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KNUST
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Sustainable procurement has become an important agenda for both private and public organisations across the globe and plays an important role in the push for sustainable development. The execution of the entire procurement process must incorporate sustainability principles in light of recent trends in the field of procurement. With a focus on how environmental issues and issues relating to other parts of the sustainable development pillars (society and economy) can be included in the procurement activities, procurement organizations are becoming more significantly involved in formulating and executing sustainable procurement policies. The main objective of the study is to examine the effect of sustainable procurement practice on social and environmental performance of firm, and the moderating role of top management support. The target population of the research was the various organizations in the New Juabeng Municipality of the Eastern region of Ghana. A cross sectional survey design was employed to select 108 procurement practitioners and managers. The instrument used in collecting data for this study is questionnaire. This research uses descriptive v and inferential (regression) statistics to analyze the data with the aid of Statistical Product and Service Solution (SPSS version 25 and process macros model 1). The findings of the study indicate that socially responsible procurement practices have positive and significant effect on environmental performance but its effect on social performance is insignificant. Green procurement practices have a positive effect on both social and environmental performance. The relationship between green procurement practices and social performance was a direct relationship and moderated by top management support. The study concludes that sustainable procurement practices have positive effect on social and environmental performance of firm, and that this relationship is moderated by top management support. It is recommended that top management should give the required attention to education in green procurement practice to enhance social performance and also support to strengthen the direct sustainable procurement practices performance –link by extending the existing knowledge.
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A thesis submitted to the department of supply chain and information systems in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of science (logistics and supply chain management)