- Title
- A reverse logistics strategy to foster independent schools’ sustainable E-waste management
- Creator
- Agbavor, Joseph Kofi
- Subject
- Business logistics
- Subject
- Electronic waste -- Management
- Subject
- Strategic planning
- Date Issued
- 2025-04
- Date
- 2025-04
- Type
- Doctoral theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/71926
- Identifier
- vital:79154
- Description
- The primary aim of this study was to propose a reverse logistics strategy to foster sustainable e-waste management implementation in independent schools in South Africa. The study followed a quantitative research approach and targeted key stakeholders in independent schools, including directors and principals. Using an expert purposive sampling technique to select a final sample of 306 respondents, primary data was collected through a QuestionPro web-based questionnaire. Of the 315 email invites sent to the potential respondents, only 306 usable questionnaires were returned and included in the data analysis. The study found an insignificant effect of sustainable e-waste management key drivers on sustainable e-waste management practices. The study also reported a positive and significant effect of sustainable e-waste management key drivers on sustainable e-waste management approaches, and corporate competitiveness. However, this does not significantly influence e-waste management approaches. The primary results also revealed that sustainable e-waste management practices positively and significantly enhance sustainable e-waste management approaches. The results further showed a positive and significant effect of sustainable e-waste management practices on corporate competitiveness as well as a positive and significant effect of sustainable e-waste management approaches on corporate competitiveness. The results also reported a partial mediation effect of sustainable e-waste management key drivers on the relationship between sustainable e-waste management practices and approaches but revealed no evidence of mediation of sustainable e-waste management key drivers in the relationship between sustainable e-waste management practices and corporate competitiveness. The results furthershowed a partial mediation effect of sustainable e-waste management approaches on the relationship between sustainable e-waste management key drivers and corporate competitiveness. Evidence also revealed no mediation effect of sustainable e-waste management approaches on the relationship between sustainable e-waste management practices and corporate competitiveness. Finally, the results reported a full mediation effect of sustainable e-waste management practices on the relationship between sustainable e-waste management key drivers and corporate
- Description
- Thesis (PhD) -- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences, School of Management Sciences, 2025
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (269 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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