Management commitment and its influence on the application of corporate environmental management strategies

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the influence of managerial commitment to environmental management on the application of corporate strategies aimed at promoting environmental management in organizations in the Panamanian final consumer goods sector. It was framed in a sequential explanatory research design with a mixed approach, structured in two sequential phases: in the quantitative phase, applying a questionnaire with a Likert-type scale validated by expert judgment and with a Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient of 0.97 (high) to a population of 85 managers of Panamanian companies in the final consumer goods sector, while the qualitative phase was carried out through a socialization of results with 9 experts classified into 3 groups (managers, internal auditors and external consultants) in management strategic environmental analysis, through the hermeneutic or interpretive method. The main results showed that management’s commitment to environmental management influences the application of corporate strategies aimed at promoting environmental management, and that the variables are highly associated with a  positive influence.