TY - JOUR
T1 - Incidence of university sustainability on university performance
T2 - An exploratory analysis from five private Latin American universities
AU - Osuna-Ramírez, Sergio Andrés
AU - Escobar-Sierra, Manuela
AU - Jailler-Castrillón, Erika
AU - Molina-Velásquez, Tatiana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 by author(s).
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Sustainability has become a generalized concern for society, specifically businesses, governments, and academia. In the specific case of universities, sustainability has been approached from different perspectives, some viewing it from environmental practices, management initiatives, operational criteria, green buildings, and even education for sustainable development. This research focuses on sustainability as a managerial practice and investigates how it affects the performance of five private universities in Medellin, Colombia. For this purpose, a literature review using a mixed sequential approach, including bibliometric and content analysis, was initially conducted. In the s second phase, more than 5000 responses from students, professors, and employees of the five mentioned private universities were collected. A previously validated instrument for both sustainability and performance was applied in the quantitative phase, and a novel dimensionality of the constructs was proposed by conducting an exploratory factor analysis using the SPSS software. Results were then processed through a structural equation analysis with the Smart PLS software. The impact of sustainability on university performance is verified, making some managerial recommendations.
AB - Sustainability has become a generalized concern for society, specifically businesses, governments, and academia. In the specific case of universities, sustainability has been approached from different perspectives, some viewing it from environmental practices, management initiatives, operational criteria, green buildings, and even education for sustainable development. This research focuses on sustainability as a managerial practice and investigates how it affects the performance of five private universities in Medellin, Colombia. For this purpose, a literature review using a mixed sequential approach, including bibliometric and content analysis, was initially conducted. In the s second phase, more than 5000 responses from students, professors, and employees of the five mentioned private universities were collected. A previously validated instrument for both sustainability and performance was applied in the quantitative phase, and a novel dimensionality of the constructs was proposed by conducting an exploratory factor analysis using the SPSS software. Results were then processed through a structural equation analysis with the Smart PLS software. The impact of sustainability on university performance is verified, making some managerial recommendations.
KW - exploratory approach
KW - private universities in Medellin-Colombia
KW - structural equation modelling
KW - university performance
KW - university sustainability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85204458162&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.24294/jipd.v8i9.6067
DO - 10.24294/jipd.v8i9.6067
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85204458162
SN - 2572-7923
VL - 8
JO - Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development
JF - Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development
IS - 9
M1 - 6067
ER -