Environmental Dilemma? Explicating Stakeholder Engagement in Kenyan Firms

IF 2.1 Q3 BUSINESS

Journal of African Business Pub Date : 2022-07-18 DOI:10.1080/15228916.2022.2100745

Edward M. Mungai, S. Ndiritu, Tazeeb S. Rajwani

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Stakeholder pressure is among the pathways through which firms are being prodded to adopt environmental management practices. Owing to research paucity from the context of developing countries and overall inconclusiveness, this research investigates whether mimetic, normative, and coercive pressures (which encompass stakeholder pressure) sway firms into adopting resource management and energy efficiency. An analysis of data from 852 firms in Kenya using a simple probit model, suggests that all the three types of stakeholder pressure positively influenced corporate resource management and energy efficiency. This augments our postulations on both stakeholder and neo-institutional theories. Based on these findings, it is plausible to view stakeholders as critical ‘tools’ that can foster corporate sustainability initiatives in developing countries.

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环境困境？肯尼亚公司利益相关者参与的阐释

利益相关者的压力是促使企业采用环境管理实践的途径之一。由于发展中国家背景下的研究很少，而且总体上没有结论性，本研究调查了模仿、规范和强制压力（包括利益相关者的压力）是否会影响企业采用资源管理和能源效率。使用简单的probit模型对肯尼亚852家公司的数据进行分析表明，所有三种类型的利益相关者压力都对企业资源管理和能源效率产生了积极影响。这增强了我们对利益相关者和新制度理论的假设。基于这些发现，可以将利益相关者视为促进发展中国家企业可持续发展举措的关键“工具”。

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Journal of African Business BUSINESS-

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4.60

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10.50%

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