Environmental Awareness During COVID-19: Spur Organizational Performance through Environmental Motivation and Environmental Management System
The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly disrupted lives through direct and indirect channels, leaving an indelible global imprint on businesses and their workforces. This study investigates the influence of environmental management system on organizational performance grounded in business and sustainable environmental motivation. Additionally, it delves into the moderating role of environmental awareness during pandemics. Using data from 279 respondents in Pakistan's manufacturing sector, collected through an online survey and analyzed with SmartPLS 3.0, the study findings reveal that environmental management system significantly enhance environmental performance based on business and sustainable environmental motivation. However, their impact on economic performance is deemed insignificant. Notably, environmental awareness during the COVID-19 crisis amplified this influence. The results underscore the significance of fostering both business and sustainable environmental motivation to enhance environmental management system and the performance of Pakistan's manufacturing sector. Furthermore, policy formulation and enduring strategies should consider COVID-19's repercussions and safeguarding industries, such as manufacturing, from future calamities. Additionally, this study underscores that heightened employee motivation yields a favorable upswing in organizational performance. Policymakers and governments are encouraged to integrate motivational enhancement initiatives when sculpting organizational strategies and regulations.