{"title":"Learning Organization for Corporate Social Responsibility Implementation: Unravelling the Intricate Relationship Between Organizational and Operational Learning Organization Characteristics","authors":"E. Osagie, R. Wesselink, V. Blok, M. Mulder","doi":"10.1177/1086026620933915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026620933915","url":null,"abstract":"Because corporate social responsibility (CSR) is potentially beneficial for companies, it is important to understand the factors that improve a company’s CSR practice. Scholars hypothesize that facilitating learning organization characteristics, which are divided in characteristics at the organizational and the operational level, may improve CSR implementation. These characteristics stimulate companies and their members to be critical, learn from the past, and embrace change, but there is limited empirical evidence of this approach. This study addresses this gap by surveying 280 CSR professionals and performing bootstrap mediation analyses to test multiple hypotheses. Learning organization characteristics at the organizational level, play a key role in supporting CSR implementation: leadership for learning, system connection, and group learning show a direct relationship with CSR implementation. It is striking that the role of the learning organization characteristics at the operational level is only indirect; the organizational characteristics mediate their relationship with CSR implementation.","PeriodicalId":47984,"journal":{"name":"Organization & Environment","volume":"35 1","pages":"130 - 153"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2020-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1086026620933915","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49584514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Transition Value of Business Models for a Sustainable Energy System: The Case of Virtual Peer-to-Peer Energy Communities","authors":"Frederik Plewnia, Edeltraud Guenther","doi":"10.1177/1086026620932630","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026620932630","url":null,"abstract":"Peer-to-peer energy (p2p) communities connect electricity consumers and producers on platforms allowing them to trade energy with each other. By synchronizing local production and consumption, connecting decentral actors, and creating new markets, they can promote a more sustainable energy system. A multicase study and expert interviews were conducted to investigate how the business models of these organizations operate and what value they may provide to stakeholders and the energy system. It was found that, due to current legislation, organizations in Germany mostly facilitate virtual, supraregional p2p energy communities. While these do not offer all the benefits of local p2p energy communities, they do facilitate a range of advantages to stakeholders and the overall energy system. Finally, it is concluded how sustainable business models can offer “system transition value,” driving the dissemination of new technologies, the redesign of markets, and the education of customers to foster a more sustainable energy system.","PeriodicalId":47984,"journal":{"name":"Organization & Environment","volume":"34 1","pages":"479 - 503"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2020-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1086026620932630","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45004183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Franz Wohlgezogen, Joerg S. Hofstetter, Frank Brück, R. Hamann
{"title":"Supplier Engagement in Sustainability Programs: A Field Experiment of Enabling Versus Coercive Formalization","authors":"Franz Wohlgezogen, Joerg S. Hofstetter, Frank Brück, R. Hamann","doi":"10.1177/1086026620921454","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026620921454","url":null,"abstract":"Formal, compliance-focused governance for supply chain sustainability initiatives has a mixed empirical track record. We build on classic research on bureaucracy to examine how “enabling” and “coercive” formalization at the buyer–supplier interface affect attitudes, an important precursor to behavioral engagement. We conduct a randomized field experiment with the supplier community of a South African insurance company to directly compare treatment effects of enabling and coercive interventions. We report and discuss the enabling intervention’s positive attitudinal effects and the moderation of these effects by supplier characteristics. Our findings also reveal some notable null effects, especially from the coercive intervention. We believe this work contributes to a more nuanced understanding of formal governance choices in supply chains and their impact on supplier engagement.","PeriodicalId":47984,"journal":{"name":"Organization & Environment","volume":"34 1","pages":"435 - 458"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2020-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1086026620921454","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42505906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Examining the Institutional and Organizational Antecedents to Organizational Participation in Environmental Management","authors":"Olivia Aronson, M. Lafont","doi":"10.1177/1086026620925864","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026620925864","url":null,"abstract":"Research into the institutional antecedents of organizational engagement in environmental management (EM) has revealed that organizations respond heterogeneously to homogenous institutional pressures. In this article, we employ complementary institutional and entrepreneurial perspectives to build upon research that examines how organizational characteristics may influence the institutional pressure to EM relationship. Specifically, we examine the moderating effect of an organizational entrepreneurial orientation (EO) upon the organizational visibility to EM relationship. Results from a sample of 252 public firms over a 10-year period confirm that organizational visibility significantly increases the rate of organizational participation in EM. Additionally, support is found for a positive aggregate EO moderation effect and significant accelerating moderating effects of three EO dimensions: autonomy, competitive aggressiveness, and innovativeness.","PeriodicalId":47984,"journal":{"name":"Organization & Environment","volume":"35 1","pages":"57 - 78"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2020-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1086026620925864","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43412380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Ormazábal, J. M. Sarriegi, Eliot H. Rich, E. Viles, Jose J. Gonzalez
{"title":"Environmental Management Maturity: The Role of Dynamic Validation","authors":"M. Ormazábal, J. M. Sarriegi, Eliot H. Rich, E. Viles, Jose J. Gonzalez","doi":"10.1177/1086026620929058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026620929058","url":null,"abstract":"Maturity models enhance the performance of companies by prescribing a trajectory through stages of increasing capability. However, a recent review of maturity models concludes that current maturity models hardly meet the design principles required for prescriptive use. To address this deficiency, we conducted semistructured interviews and a Group Model Building study with industrial companies in Spain in which we studied the progression toward a Leading Green Company as the highest maturity stage of environmental management. The findings from the study were tested using surveys with enterprises in Spain, Italy, and the United Kingdom, semistructured interviews in the United Kingdom and case studies in Spain. Using these data sources, we develop a causal model that captures an idealized environmental management maturity dynamic progression though stages. By mapping maturity stages to feedback loops connected to actions to improve those maturity levels, system dynamics can help companies articulate policies for transitioning toward higher maturity stages.","PeriodicalId":47984,"journal":{"name":"Organization & Environment","volume":"34 1","pages":"145 - 170"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2020-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1086026620929058","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45044416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impact of EU Allowance Prices on the Stock Market Indices of the European Power Industries: Evidence From the Ongoing EU ETS Phase III","authors":"A. García, M. García-Álvarez, Blanca Moreno","doi":"10.1177/1086026620924820","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026620924820","url":null,"abstract":"The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) was created in 2005 to price every ton of carbon dioxide emissions. Within this framework, EU carbon dioxide emission allowances can affect electric power industry stock performance. This article uses a multifactor market model and a panel data econometric technique to investigate the long-run impact of EU carbon dioxide emission allowances on the European power sector. We also use panel cointegration to check whether there is a long-run relationship, and fully modified ordinary least square and dynamic ordinary least square to estimate any such relationship. The panel data include a daily sample for the ongoing EU ETS Phase III (from 1 January 2013 until 22 April 2017) and data from six European Union members (Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, and Spain). The estimated coefficients suggest that EU allowance prices have a statistically significant and positive long-run effect on the European power sector stock market in EU ETS Phase III. This potentially supports EU efforts to toughen carbon reduction regime targets in order to remove the surplus from the system.","PeriodicalId":47984,"journal":{"name":"Organization & Environment","volume":"34 1","pages":"459 - 478"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2020-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1086026620924820","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48406977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Importance of Social Norm on Adopting Sustainable Digital Fertilisation Methods","authors":"S. Hüttel, Marie-Therese Leuchten, M. Leyer","doi":"10.1177/1086026620929074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026620929074","url":null,"abstract":"Precision farming systems promise a highly efficient resource use reducing cost for farmers and contributing to the preservation of the environment. A major obstacle, however, in such systems dissemination is the reluctant adoption by farmers. Prior work is suggesting that mainly knowledge or missing resources for investment are barriers, while social norms are rarely addressed for precision farming systems. We adopt the reasoned action approach including behavioural, social, and control aspects to analyse intentions and actual use of sustainable digital fertilisation methods. Based on a German sample of farmers, we find that social norm is the major predictor, while behavioural and control aspects surprisingly are not relevant at all. The results contribute to the understanding of what drives farmers in adopting precision farming systems on a theoretical basis and highlight the importance of considering social norms in increasing adoption.","PeriodicalId":47984,"journal":{"name":"Organization & Environment","volume":"35 1","pages":"79 - 102"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1086026620929074","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43631879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Special Issue of Organization & Environment on “Nonfinancial Disclosure and Real Sustainable Change Within and Beyond Organizations: Mechanisms, Outcomes, and Complications”","authors":"Rüdiger Hahn, D. Reimsbach, C. Wickert, R. Eccles","doi":"10.1177/1086026620923160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026620923160","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47984,"journal":{"name":"Organization & Environment","volume":"33 1","pages":"311 - 314"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1086026620923160","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43688392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commercializing Sustainable Technologies by Developing Attractive Value Propositions: The Case of Photovoltaic Panels","authors":"A. Vernay, M. Sohns, J. Schleich, Meyer Haggège","doi":"10.1177/1086026619853797","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026619853797","url":null,"abstract":"Despite their promise for tackling environmental problems, sustainable technologies are difficult to move from niche to mass markets. They require firms to develop innovative business models. This article focuses on how firms can develop their value propositions to increase the market attractiveness of sustainable technologies that are economically attractive but are difficult to commercialize. The results are based on an analysis of six German utilities that developed offers for power supply self-sufficiency using photovoltaic technology. The article proposes four generic tactics firms can use to market this technology—simplify, mimic, configure, and engage—and describes and discusses how each of these tactics can help firms deliver and capture value. The study also compares and contrasts how firms combine tactics to increase the attractiveness of their value propositions. The article contributes to the growing literature on business models for sustainability and proposes recommendations to help sustainable innovation overcome customer inertia.","PeriodicalId":47984,"journal":{"name":"Organization & Environment","volume":"33 1","pages":"220 - 244"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1086026619853797","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47748225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“I Don’t Owe You, But I Am Committed”: Does Felt Obligation Matter on the Effect of Green Training on Employee Environmental Commitment?","authors":"P. Paillé, P. Valeau","doi":"10.1177/1086026620921453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026620921453","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the contingent effect of felt obligation to care about and aid the organization on the indirect effect of green training on employee environmental commitment through perceived organizational support for the environment. As hypothesized, based on data from 384 employees, our study found that the positive mediating effect is strengthened when felt obligation is low. The implications of these findings are twofold: They indicate that the development of employee environmental commitment is based on employees’ perception that their employer supports their environmental initiatives by improving environmental skills. They also suggest that this process has little additional effect of employees already feeling obliged to do whatever they can to help their organization reach its goals, whatever they may but is crucial for employees with low-felt obligation. The article ends with a discussion of the findings in the light of the relevant environmental literature. Limitations and future research are also discussed.","PeriodicalId":47984,"journal":{"name":"Organization & Environment","volume":"34 1","pages":"123 - 144"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2020-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1086026620921453","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42512518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}