Green public procurement in the museum sector: a first look at evidence

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ABSTRACTDespite the considerable practical significance of implementing green public procurement in the museum sector, this topic remains largely unexplored in the literature. To address this gap, we conducted an online questionnaire survey of museum managers in the Czech Republic. The survey aimed to explore their attitudes and perceptions of green public procurement and paid particular attention to the motivational factors of education, training, and information sharing. The survey included questions related to the usefulness of and prior experience with green public procurement, and preferences for cheaper or greener contracts. We used path analysis to identify direct and indirect relationships between variables. Contrary to previous literature, we find that sharing experiences is a more critical factor in shaping managers’ attitudes towards green public procurement than education and training.KEYWORDS: Green public procurementmuseumCzech republiceducationtrainingsharing experiences AcknowledgementThe article was supported by an internal grant from the National Museum of Agriculture.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by National Museum of Agriculture, Czech Republic.Notes on contributorsMichal PlačekMichal Plaček is an associate professor of public policy and global research affiliate at Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative at Arizona State University. He is also recipient of Joint Seed grant from University of St. Adrews and Charles University. His research is focused on public procurement, corruption, and efficiency. He has publications in high-ranking journals such as Public Management Review, Waste Management, Public Money and Management, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Journal of Public Procurement, and Public Works Policy and Management. He won the award for the best comparative conference paper from the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis in 2017.Vladislav ValentinovVladislav Valentinov is a senior researcher at the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies in Halle (Germany) and an extraordinary professor at the Department of Law and Economics of the Martin Luther University in Halle. He is an expert on institutional economics and systems theory approaches to the third sector. He has published in the key journals of the field, such as Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Voluntas, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Review of Social Economy, and International Journal of the Commons. His third sector- related research outputs also appeared in Journal of Institutional Economics, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Issues, China Economic Review, Economic Systems, Scandinavian Journal of Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Administration & Society, Development and Change, and Regulation and Governance. A large part of his third sec- tor research activities was supported by the highly competitive Marie Curie Incoming International Fellowship of the European Commission and the Schumpeter Fellowship of the Volkswagen Foundation.Cristina del CampoCristina del Campo is a professor of decision sciences and statistics at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain). Prior to that, she worked at the Spanish National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA). Her main research areas are applied multivariate analysis, fuzzy implications, ICT use in education, and health economics.Markéta ŠumpíkováMarkéta Šumpíková is an associate professor of economics. She has publications in important journals such as Environmental Sciences Europe, Waste management, and Politics and Governance. Her research focuses on public procurement, transaction costs, and regulatory issues. She has experience in basic and applied research.František OchranaFrantišek Ochrana is a senior researcher and full professor at Charles University. His research fields are public administration and the methodology of science. He is the author of two dozen monographs on public administration, public finance, and the methodology of science. He has published a number of scientific articles in high-ranking journals (e.g., Governance, Environmental Sciences Europe, Waste Management, and Public Money & Management, among others), several dozen books, and has been involved in numerous scientific projects. He regularly serves as an expert for several central govern- ment bodies and is a member of the International Institute of Public Finance.