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This paper discusses the concept of sustainable procurement behavior (SPB) and the effects of personal values, leadership style and awareness on SPB. As the SPB became increasingly important in implementation for sustainable procurement practices, the paper aims to present the review of the existing literature on SPB and study the factors that can influence the SPB of procurers. The paper based on review of past literature, conceptualizes that personal values, awareness, leadership are significantly related to SPB and organizational culture moderates the relationship among personal values, leadership style, awareness and SPB. The results of this conceptual paper are likely to provide important insights to managers, policy-makers and researchers to further understand the factors which effect the SPB and improve the implementation of SPP practices.
JEL Classification: H50; H57; Q01; Q55.
Keywords: Sustainable Procurement Behavior; Personal Values; Leadership Style; Organizational Culture.
1.INTRODUCTION
The concept of sustainability has emerged as a prime challenge since last two decades and driven by the social, economic and environmental issues (Sancha, 2016). Sustainability in relation to environment has gained tremendous popularity since the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992, Paris Conference of United Nations Climate Change in 2015 and later signing of the famous Paris Agreement in New York in 2016. With the decline of overall global environmental quality, a proactive approach to environmental and resource issues to halt this decline is needed in order to help safeguarding the environment (Yaakub, Subhan, Abdullah and Gapar, 2015). Public procurement is an important aspect of international trade and it accounts for on average country 10 to 20 percent of their GDP (WTO-2016), therefore it can play a pivotal role in addressing the environmental issues. To encourage the procurement of environmentally sound services and goods, public procurement policies can be formulated to promote the trend of sustainable procurement. Geng and Doberstein (2008) also highlighted that considering the depleting earth resources and environmental apprehensions, there is urgent need to implement effectively sustainable public procurement practices in all countries more importantly in developing countries. Sustainable public procurement (SPP) is defined by Walker and Brammer (2012) as: "It is pursuit for objectives of sustainable development by the process of supply and purchasing, incorporating environment, economic and social aspects".
The level and type of sustainable...