Clan Culture, Corporate Governance and Sustainable Performance in African Aviation Authorities
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https://doi.org/10.51137/wrp.ijarbm.376Keywords:
Clan Culture, Sustainability Performance, Economic Sustainability Performance, Environmental Sustainability Performance, Social Sustainability PerformanceAbstract
Sustainability remains a critical challenge for public institutions in Africa, particularly in sectors such as aviation where regulatory complexity and resource constraints hinder long-term performance. Despite growing emphasis on governance reforms, limited attention has been given to how organizational culture interacts with governance structures to influence sustainability outcomes. This study investigated the direct and mediating relationships between clan culture, corporate governance, and sustainability performance—covering economic, environmental, and social dimensions—within African Civil Aviation Authorities (ACAAs). Grounded in the Resource-Based View (RBV) theory, a quantitative, cross-sectional research design was employed, drawing data from 371 managers across 54 aviation regulatory institutions. Data were collected through structured questionnaires and analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). The results revealed that clan culture positively and significantly enhances all three dimensions of sustainability performance, underscoring its role in fostering collaboration, innovation, and accountability. However, corporate governance demonstrated mixed mediation effects, negatively mediating the relationship between clan culture and economic performance while showing no significant mediation for environmental and social performance. The study extends the RBV by emphasizing the contextual dynamics of internal resources and governance systems in African public institutions. It is therefore recommended that ACAAs strengthen governance frameworks that complement rather than constrain culturally driven sustainability initiatives to achieve long-term organizational resilience and performance.
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