Institutional Pressures and Voluntary Environmental Behavior in Developing Countries: Evidence From the Costa Rican Hotel Industry

Rivera, Jorge

doi:10.1080/08941920490493783

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“…In particular, we refer to demands from the regulatory context, which play a key role in shaping both the firm's HRM system (Paawue and Boselie, 2004;Roheling, Posthuma, & Hickox, 2009) and its environmental management practices (Delmas and Toffel, 2004). Concerning the latter, several studies have demonstrated the key influence that pressure from regulatory stakeholders exercises on the implementation of voluntary environmental management practices (Rivera, 2004;Kilbourne, Beckmann, & Thelen, 2002), especially for firms that cannot rely on a wide set of organizational resources for environmental strategies (Clemens and Douglas, 2006). Therefore, we argue that companies experiencing pressure from regulatory stakeholders for the development of their environmental performance are more likely to implement environmental management practices with that aim.…”

Section: Stakeholder Pressures and Green Hrm Practicesmentioning

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Translating stakeholder pressures into environmental performance – the mediating role of green HRM practices

Guerci

Longoni

Luzzini

2015

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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This paper contributes to extant research on green Human Resource Management (HRM) relying on the instrumental value of stakeholder theory, which implies that stakeholders impact on company decisions and their development of organizational resources and performance. Following that theory, the study conceives green HRM practices as a set of management processes that companies implement for responding to stakeholder pressures on environmental issues. Accordingly with those premises, we empirically test the distinct role that different green HRM practices (i.e., green hiring, green training and involvement, and green performance management and compensation) play in mediating the relation between pressures on environmental issues from two specific external stakeholders (i.e., customers and regulatory stakeholders) and environmental performance. Our findings, based on a multirespondent survey in which the respondents were Human Resource Managers and Supply Chain Managers operating in Italy, confirm the hypothesized mediation model. Our results (as well as their implications) are discussed in light of the recent calls to broaden the scope of HRM research, considering the embeddedness of the company in a socio-political context and exploring the role that actors and factors outside the company play in shaping its green HRM practices.

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Section: Stakeholder Pressures and Green Hrm Practicesmentioning

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Translating stakeholder pressures into environmental performance – the mediating role of green HRM practices

Guerci

Longoni

Luzzini

2015

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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327

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“…Personal values and lifestyle, more than economic factors, play an important role (Ayuso, 2006;Rivera, 2004;Tzschentke, et al, 2004) although this is less important in Chile. The economic reasons relate to seeking a competitive advantage (Knowles, et al, 1999;Stabler, 1997) are also important but are always placed in the background.…”

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“…The main motivation is to reduce costs to provide a competitive advantage (Knowles, Macmillan, Palmer, Grabowski, & Hashimoto, 1999;Stabler, 1997) while also legitimizing how they meet the growing expectations of demand in responsibility (Bremner, 2009;Cheyne & Barnett, 2001;Ian, 1996). Some research has also looked at altruism motivations of CSR in tourism (Ayuso, 2006;Rivera, 2004;Tzschentke, Kirk, & Lynch, 2004). CSR actions are heterogeneous given the wide diversity of tourism, but the most common fall under environmental management, community dialogue and employee relationships (Holcomb, Upchurch, & Okumus, 2007;Karani & Day, 2011).…”

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Corporate social responsibility in tourism small and medium enterprises evidence from Europe and Latin America

Tamajón

Font

2013

Tourism Management Perspectives

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While there is a growing literature related with corporate social responsibility (CSR) in hospitality and tourism large firms, much remains to be done in the case of CSR in tourism Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). In this paper we show three studies regarding this particular aspect through the evidence present in different destinations: Catalonia, European natural parks and Chile. Among the conclusions can be highlighted the prevalence of altruism in the reasons for being responsible, the introduction of increasingly advanced measures or their impact on different business variables, highlighting the financial performance.

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“…There is also increasing recognition of the need to trace the interactive effect of these multi-level factors on environmentally sustainable entrepreneurial activity (Foxon, 2011;Menguc et al, 2010;Muñoz and Dimov, 2015). Drawing on institutional theory, researchers have applied the concept of isomorphic pressures (DiMaggio and Powell, 1983), in an effort to explain how environmentally responsible business activity can be promoted (Bansal, 2005;Bansal and Roth, 2000;Delmas and Toffel, 2004;Rivera, 2004). However, these pressures remain under-explored in the context of developing economies, such as Pakistan.…”

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Understanding the drivers of sustainable entrepreneurial practices in Pakistan’s leather industry

Wahga

Blundel

Schaefer

2017

IJEBR

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation.*Related content and download information correct at time of download. Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to analyse the drivers of sustainable entrepreneurial practices in SMEs operating in a developing economy. The secondary objectives are to explore the relationship between these drivers and to draw out the implications for policy and practice. Design/methodology/approach -The paper is informed by the literature on sustainable entrepreneurship, and on the drivers of pro-environmental practices in SMEs. It reports on the results of an intensive multi-level empirical study, which investigates the environmental practices of SMEs in Pakistan's leatherworking industry using a multiple case study design and grounded analysis, which draws on relevant institutional theory. Findings -The study identifies that coercive, normative and mimetic isomorphic pressures simultaneously drive sustainable entrepreneurial activity in the majority of sample SMEs. These pressures are exerted by specific micro-, meso-and macro-level factors, ranging from international customers' requirements to individual-level values of owners and managers. It also reveals the catalytic effect of the educational and awareness-raising activities of intermediary organisations, in tandem with the attraction of competitiveness gains, (international) environmental regulations, industrial dynamism and reputational factors. Practical implications -The evidence suggests that, in countries where formal institutional mechanisms have less of an impact, intermediary organisations can perform a proto-institutional role that helps to overcome pre-existing barriers to environmental improvement by sparking sustainable entrepreneurial activity in SME populations. Originality/value -The findings imply that the drivers of sustainable entrepreneurial activity do not operate in a "piecemeal" fashion, but that particular factors mediate the emergence and development of other sustainability drivers. This paper provides new insights into sustainable entrepreneurship and motivations for environmental practices in an under-researched developing economy context.

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Institutional Pressures and Voluntary Environmental Behavior in Developing Countries: Evidence From the Costa Rican Hotel Industry

Cited by 233 publications

References 41 publications

Translating stakeholder pressures into environmental performance – the mediating role of green HRM practices

Translating stakeholder pressures into environmental performance – the mediating role of green HRM practices

Corporate social responsibility in tourism small and medium enterprises evidence from Europe and Latin America

Understanding the drivers of sustainable entrepreneurial practices in Pakistan’s leather industry

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