Green Supply Chain Management Practices and Operational Performance of Public Universities in Kenya
Abstract
Green Supply Chain Management has gained prominence amongst many entities in the recent
past as organizations, governments and consumer behavior are now focusing on giving more
relevance to environmental issues. As such this has led many organizations to go green in their
operations so as to conserve the environment as well as promote ethical behavior in entities. The
study sought to investigate the influence of green supply chain management practices on
operational performance of Public Universities in Kenya. Three objectives guided the study
namely; (i) to ascertain the level of adoption of green supply chain management practices, (ii) to
determine the correlation between green supply chain management practices and operational
performance and (iii) to determine the challenges faced in the implementation of green supply
chain management practices by the Public Universities in Kenya. The study adopted Descriptive
research design. The population was made up of all the 32 accredited public universities in
Kenya as listed by the Commission for University Education. Primary data was used which was
acquired through the use of questionnaires. Drop and pick later as well as use of electronic mails
were the mode of administering the questionnaires. Descriptive statistics was used in analyzing
objective (i) and (iii) which were measured using Means and Standard Deviations. Regression
analysis was used in analyzing objective (ii). On the first objective, it was established that green
purchasing, green distribution and supplier integration were adopted to a large extent while eco
design and packaging was adopted to a medium extent by the Public Universities in Kenya. on
objective (ii) the findings indicate that green supply chain management practices (green
purchasing, green distribution, supplier integration and eco design and packaging) has a positive
and significant relationship on operational performance (cost, quality and reliability) of Public
Universities in Kenya as observed by their respective p values which was lower than five
percent. Objective (iii) established that lack of clear statutory regulations, lack of resources for
investing in human capital and new technologies, insufficient skilled labor and top management
insubordination among the key challenges of implementing GSCMP. It is recommended that
green purchasing, green distribution, supplier integration to be adopted to a very large extent
with eco design and packaging being adopted to a large extent as it was found to have been
adopted to a moderate extent by the Public Universities in Kenya. Future studies should focus on
green supply chain management practices which have not been covered by this study as well as
carry out the study using another context like in the private sector
Publisher
University of Nairobi
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