Influence of Organizational Culture on the Adoption ofSolar Photovoltaics in Climate-Smart Agriculture in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
Keywords:
climate-smart agriculture, Organization culture, solar PV adoption, stakeholder perceptionsAbstract
The study aimed to examine organizational culture's influence on the adoption of solar energy technology in climate-smart agriculture in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya. The study adopted a positivist philosophy and a descriptive correlational research design targeting the county's 240 executive, policy, legislative, and decision-making level staff as of December 2022. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire that was pilot-tested and refined before final data collection. Data collected was analyzed in terms of descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS version 28. The results revealed a strong association between the organizational culture dimension and solar PV adoption as indicated by the Chi-Square test, χ² (2456, N = 152) = 2422.525, p < .05, while regression revealed that the organizational culture dimension significantly predicted solar PV adoption, (β = 1.686, t (152) = 17.360, p < .05). Given the results, the study rejected the null hypothesis that the organizational culture dimension of strategic leadership had no significant influence on solar PV adoption in the county, the study concluded that the organizational culture dimension elements were important for improved solar technology adoption. The study further recommended that the county develop an organizational culture that appreciates that climate change is a global phenomenon and ensures staff engagement and alignment with the objectives of solar PV adoption for climate change mitigation.
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