MÜBEYYEN TEPE KÜÇÜKOĞLU, R. İbrahim PINAR

THE MEDIATING ROLE OF GREEN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE BETWEEN SUSTAINABILITY AND GREEN INNOVATION: A RESEARCH IN TURKISH COMPANIES1

This study aims to examine Turkish companies from a sustainability and green innovation point of view. Through this purpose, this research’s objective is to find out relationship between sustainability drivers and green innovation and also to search for green organizational culture’s mediation effect in this relationship. Survey was carried in companies operating in Turkey which were listed among Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ICI) Top 500 companies for last 3 years successively and have ISO14001 Environmental Management Certificate. Acording to these criteria there are 224 companies in total and data gathered from 162 of them. Companies attended to this study are operating in different industries and most of them are in automotive, instruction, chemical and energy area. In order to test research hypotheses, correlation and regression analyses of quantitative methods were used.According to the survey results, it was manifested that factors directing companies to sustainability having a positive relationship with green organizational culture and green innovation. It is found that there is a partial mediation effect of green organizational culture between sustainability drivers and green innovation.

SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİRLİK VE YEŞİL YENİLİK İLİŞKİSİNDE YEŞİL ÖRGÜT KÜLTÜRÜNÜN ARACILIK ROLÜ: TÜRK İŞLETMELERİNDE BİR ARAŞTIRMA

Bu çalışma, sürdürülebilirlik ve yeşil yenilik bakış açısıyla Türk işletmelerini incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda, işletmeleri sürdürülebilirliğe iten faktörler ile yeşil yenilik arasındaki ilişki ve yeşil örgüt kültürünün bu ilişkideki aracılık rolü araştırılmaktadır. Araştırma modelini test etmek üzere Türkiye’de faaliyet gösteren, ISO500 listesine 3 yıl üst üste girmeyi başarmış ve ISO 14001 Çevre Yönetim Sistemi Sertifikası’na sahip işletmelere uygulanan anket verileri kullanılmıştır. Bu kriterlere göre toplam 224 işletme bulunmakta ve söz konusu işletmelerin 162’sinden elde edilen anket verileri analiz edilmiştir. Araştırmada yer alan işletmeler farklı sektörlerde faaliyet göstermekte olup büyük bir kısmı otomotiv, inşaat, kimya ve enerji sektörlerinde yer almaktadır. Araştırma, hipotezlerinin test edilmesi için nicel analiz yöntemlerinden korelasyon ve regresyon analizleri uygulanmıştır. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre, işletmeleri sürdürülebilirliğe iten faktörler ile yeşil örgüt kültürü ve yeşil yeniliğin ilişkili olduğu elde edilen bulgular arasındadır. Yeşil örgüt kültürünün işletmeleri sürdürülebilirliğe iten faktörler ile yeşil yenilik arasında kısmi aracılık etkisine sahip olduğu bulunmuştur.

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