Sustainability drivers and national culture in buyer-supplier environmental practices: an institutional perspective

IF 4 Q2 BUSINESS

European Business Review Pub Date : 2024-01-16 DOI:10.1108/ebr-06-2023-0183

Zahra Ahmadi-Gh, Alejandro Bello-Pintado, Thomas Bortolotti, Stefania Boscari

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Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to explore how sustainability drivers interact with national culture to explain the adoption of buyer–supplier environmental sustainability practices.

Design/methodology/approach

Drawing on Institutional Theory, this study proposes three sets of hypotheses focused on the role of key cultural dimensions: uncertainty avoidance, power distance and institutional collectivism. It uses a sample of 284 manufacturing plants across three industries and 14 countries to test these hypotheses, using regression analysis.

Findings

Findings suggest that national culture matters in the adoption of buyer–supplier environmental practices; however, its effect is contingent upon the particular combination of cultural dimensions and drivers analyzed.

Originality/value

This study enhances the understanding of the drivers behind buyer–supplier environmental practices by offering a novel examination of their interaction with national culture. This helps explain the heterogeneity in environmental sustainability adoption across countries.

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买方-供应商环境实践中的可持续性驱动因素和国家文化：制度视角

目的本研究旨在探讨可持续发展驱动因素如何与民族文化相互作用，以解释买方-供应商环境可持续发展实践的采用情况。设计/方法/途径本研究以制度理论为基础，提出了三组假设，重点关注关键文化维度的作用：不确定性规避、权力距离和制度集体主义。研究结果研究结果表明，民族文化对采购商-供应商环境实践的采用有重要影响；但是，其影响取决于所分析的文化维度和驱动因素的特定组合。原创性/价值本研究通过对采购商-供应商环境实践与民族文化之间的相互作用进行新颖的研究，加深了人们对采购商-供应商环境实践背后驱动因素的理解。这有助于解释各国在采用环境可持续性措施方面的异质性。

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European Business Review BUSINESS-

CiteScore

8.30

自引率

4.80%

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