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100 _aKumar, Sushant
_935046
245 _aA Cross-national Study of Environmental Performance and Culture: Implications of the Findings and Strategies
300 _a1051-1068 p.
520 _aThe study investigates the impact of culture on environmental performance across 78 countries. The article explores the possible relationship with two datasets of international indices: (a) the six dimensional index of national culture proposed by Hofstede and (b) the environmental performance index (EPI) published by Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy. It is widely established that population and economic development of a country play significant role in the improvement of environmental performance. In our study, we examine the impact of population growth rate and per-capita gross domestic product (GDP) on environmental performance using structure equation modelling. The results show that environmental performance is significantly influenced by the culture of the country. Per-capita GDP and population growth rate have a positive and negative relationships on the environmental performance. By measuring the cultural dimensions and their impact on global environmental performance, countries could identify the favouring cultural dimensions and design appropriate strategy to optimize the environmental performance. The article proposes the practical implication of results and strategies to improve environmental performance. The study is among the first in studying the cultural dynamics on environment and identify its favourable and adverse relationships for an optimum strategy.
653 _aNational culture
653 _a environmental performance
653 _across-culture study,
653 _aInteraction effect
653 _aHofstede cultural dimension
700 _aGiridhar, Vishlavath
_935047
700 _aSadarangani, Pradip
_935048
773 0 _029349
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_aBANIK, ARINDAM
_dNEW DELHI SAGE PUBLISHING PVT. LTD.
_o55511087
_tGLOBAL BUSINESS REVIEW
_x0972-1509
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_cJA-ARTICLE