Investigating effects of organisational culture and learning on environmental collaboration and performance of Korean exporting firms

ABSTRACT

This paper presents an empirical study of the effect of organisational culture and learning capability factors on environmental collaboration and performance in green supply chains. A conceptual model and variables were derived from organisational culture, learning, and collaboration theory and tested with Korean exporting firms. Learning capability was found to positively affect environmental collaboration as staff behaviour, attitudes and learning about environmental practices in a focal firm can be increased from suppliers and customers and then disseminated internally. Further, environmental collaboration was found to positively affect environmental performance due to a focal firm sharing these learned capabilities about the environment with other supply chain partners. However, organisational culture was not found to positively affect environmental collaboration. The findings suggest firms can improve environmental capabilities and performance through shared learning with supply chain partners and ensuring they are internally disseminated in the focal organisation.

KEYWORDS:

• Organisational culture
• learning capability
• environmental collaboration
• environmental performance
• exporting firms

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

ORCID

David B. Grant http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5602-5640