EXTENT OF MATERIAL HANDLING ON ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED TEXTILE MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA
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The study examined to what extent material handling influence environmental
performance in the circumference of selected textile manufacturing firms in Lagos state. The
study adopted a structured questionnaire and a total of 659 set of questionnaire was
administered to employees in the production, transportation, warehousing, inventory, accounting,
and operations / administration department in twelve (12) textile manufacturing firms in Lagos
State, however (528) were valid for analysis. The respondents were drawn using purposive
sampling technique and complete enumeration method was adopted. Data analysis was carried
out using regression analysis via partial least square(PLS). The findings show an inverse
relationship between material handling and environmental performance based on the statistical
output of (β= -0.531, R2=0.282, t-statistics=4.029>1.96). This implies that an increase in
material handling procedures will decrease the environmental performance of textile
manufacturing firms and vis versa.
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H Social Sciences (General), HB Economic Theory