Effects Of Institutional Pressures Research Articles

The effect of institutional pressures and dynamic managerial capability on strategic renewal: The case of strategic agility and digital readiness as mediators in healthcare industry

This research investigates the role of institutional pressures, dynamic managerial capabilities, strategic agility and digital readiness as mediating factors in the gap of the healthcare sector's post-pandemic digital transformation. This study employed strategic and managerial questionnaires involving 308 medium-sized private hospitals in Indonesia and LISREL 6.0 was used for the analysis. Findings indicated that strategic agility did not mediate dynamic managerial capability for strategic renewal. Moreover, the private healthcare sector was found to be influenced by pressures to imitate other hospitals and competitors, and digital readiness had a stronger mediating effect than strategic agility. The study enriches organization theory by investigating institutional pressures driving strategic renewal. It also enhances the literature on strategic management by exploring the mediating role of strategic agility and digital readiness in strategic change. Lastly, it highlights the association between digital readiness and managerial and organizational aspects resulting from strategic change and further emphasizes the need for integrated teams and digital health services in hospitals to achieve strategic renewal.

When the stars align: The effect of institutional pressures on sustainable human resource management through organizational engagement

We examined whether institutional pressures explained sustainable company behavior based on sustainable Human Resource Management. Additionally, given that company voluntariness is a key factor of sustainable behavior, we analyzed the role of organizational engagement in employees. A sample of 206 firms in the chemical and chemical manufacturing industries as well as in the base metal manufacturing sector was used to test the hypotheses, using Partial Least-Squares Structural Equation Modelling. Our findings suggest that institutional pressures explain sustainable Human Resource Management and that organizational engagement mediates the relationship between institutional pressures and sustainable Human Resource Management. Moreover, a circular relationship develops that may play an even more pivotal role at the early stage of the diffusion of these practices.

Sustainable energy orientation in higher educational institutions: the effect of institutional pressures and organizational resources in a developing country context

Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between institutional pressures and sustainable energy orientation by incorporating organizational resources as a mediating factor. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted cross-sectional and correlational research designs using a questionnaire survey of 64 higher educational institutions registered with the National Council for Higher Education of Uganda. The data obtained were analyzed using SPSS. Findings This meant that institutional pressures, particularly mimetic, predict the way organizations chose their energy orientation. Furthermore, partial mediation of organizational resources is evident in the relationship between institutional pressures and sustainable energy orientation. Moreover, resources are a strong factor in ensuring that institutions observe the need for sustainable energy consumption. Research limitations/implications A study where there is no local empirical support for operationalization, as well as coherent citations on the criterion, is bound by various weaknesses that impose on the findings of this study. The authors nonetheless contend that they have opened gates for further empirical tests of their model findings. Practical implications The study findings will enable a catalyzed assessment of the energy needs and planning for them in higher institutions of learning in Uganda. It will trigger policy directions on energy needs and usage control. Social implications Energy supply is important in any academic institution. The study has highlighted a simple model of predictors of energy orientation that will enable institutional planning to ensure social stability with internal stakeholders on energy usage. It will also awaken positive behaviors on energy management by individuals and work groups. Originality/value This study offers initial evidence on the relationship between institutional pressures and sustainable energy orientation using evidence from a developing context. It is based on original study of higher institutions in Uganda, and no such study has been done before with the same variables. It provides new directions for study in such nascent area of critical national dimension as energy and climate change issues are top global agenda.

Supply Chain Performance in the Wooden Furniture Industry: The Effect of Institutional Pressures and Supply Chain Integration in a Developing Country Context

ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between institutional pressures, supply chain integration and supply chain performance in the wooden furniture industry. Cross-sectional survey data collected from 86 registered wooden furniture firms in Uganda were analyzed using Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling. The study revealed that institutional pressures are positively and significantly related with supply chain performance and that supply chain integration plays a partial mediating role in the institutional pressures-supply chain performance relationship. Further, our component level analysis of institutional pressures reveals that whereas coercive pressure has a discernible positive influence on both supply chain integration and supply chain performance, mimetic pressure does not, while normative pressure positively influences only supply chain integration. These results underline the need to understand the role of individual components of institutional pressures and integration requirements in strategic supply chain management practice in order to boost supply chain performance of the wooden furniture firms.

Between rules, norms and shared understandings: how institutional pressures shape the implementation of data-driven communications

PurposeBig data and analytics make digital communications more effective, but little is known about how institutional pressures shape data-driven communications. These pressures determine and constrain how, what, when and to whom practitioners should communicate. This empirical study explores how institutional forces influence the use of data in guiding digital communications. The paper identifies factors that impact communications and shape practitioner views on particular tools in their day-to-day work.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses a qualitative exploratory approach with in-depth interviews of 15 Australian communication practitioners through the lens of neo-institutional theory. Thematic analysis was applied to identify three main themes.FindingsCommunications professionals disclosed how they were influenced by coercive institutional forces such as ambiguous data privacy regulations, normative forces that shaped ethical concerns, professionalism and various challenges, and mimetic forces that determined shared methods and implementation of digital communications technologies such as analytics. Furthermore, the authors reveal how analytics – tools typically associated with uncertainty and mimetic influences – exert coercive pressures that could lead to misguided decision-making.Research limitations/implicationsThis study’s findings highlight the need for practitioners to learn more about the inner workings of analytics tools and for managers to determine if the perceived benefits of these solutions outweigh any undesirable effects.Practical implicationsThe study contributes to extant research on digitalization in strategic communication by providing new insights into practitioner views and challenges with digital communications technologies.Originality/valueDespite the considerable effects of institutional pressures, this study is the first to explore the impacts of data-driven communications at the level of individual practitioners. The paper advances neo-institutional theory in public relations (PR), strategic communication and corporate communications at the micro level.

Developing global supplier competences for supply chain sustainability: The effects of institutional pressures on certification adoption

AbstractDue to institutional pressures faced by companies in their business environment, this paper investigates how sustainability certification adoption affects global suppliers' competences. Using multiple case studies, managers of 20 export‐oriented firms were interviewed, and secondary data were collected and analysed through inductive content analysis. Findings show normative and mimetic pressures as central for sustainability implementation by coffee suppliers. Additionally, we found that as a result of suppliers' sustainability improvement in their own operations, during the certification adoption, new competences emerged going beyond the triple bottom line dimensions, including improvements in aspects of institutional dimension of sustainability. In contrast to previous research in supply chain sustainability that emphasises coercive pressures, this paper demonstrates the role of normative and mimetic institutional pressures in developing new supplier competences. In doing so, we draw on the role of certification adoption in influencing global suppliers and hence sustainability throughout the supply chain.

Carbon neutrality drivers and implications for firm performance and supply chain management

AbstractMany nations have committed to achieving carbon neutrality to combat climate change, but little is known about its drivers at the micro level and implications for firm performance and supply chain management. To address the knowledge gap, this research conducts case studies of seven early movers in the initiative by exploring the key drivers, influential stakeholders and effects of institutional pressures. We find four major drivers: ‘customer enforcement’, ‘sustainable business value’, ‘environmental legitimacy’ and ‘competitive pressures’. Customers and competitors were the most influential external stakeholders. Shareholders and top management with intrinsic environmental values, being internal stakeholders, played pivotal roles in a proactive move to carbon neutrality when there was limited regulatory pressure. The early movers believed in the long‐term economic benefits of transitioning to carbon neutrality. We also identify the implications of carbon neutrality initiatives for supply chain management. Based on the research findings, we develop a decision support framework to guide firms in transitioning towards carbon neutrality in a multi‐tier supply chain context.

ESG Disclosure and the Cost of Capital: Is There a Ratcheting Effect over Time?

In recent years, the CSR disclosure–firm risk relationship has raised the acute interest of capital providers, regulators, debtholders, and academic researchers. In addition to the mounting corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure issues, one particular area that has increasingly attracted the attention of academics, practitioners, and policymakers is the dynamic of CSR disclosure. The effects of institutional pressures and the relative nature of reputation have amplified expectations over time, resulting in a dynamic CSR disclosure strategy to meet those expectations. However, studies on the relationship between CSR disclosure and firm risk over time are still in their premature stages. Thus, this paper seeks to contribute to the literature on firm risk and CSR disclosure by examining the effect of ESG disclosure on the cost of capital over time. The study examines a sample of 430 S&P 500 US firms observed over the 2011 to 2019 period. Our results indicate that the three dimensions do not have the same effect. Governance disclosure decreases the cost of capital during the first years, and in later years, the effect becomes positive. Over time, social disclosure increases the cost of capital. However, environmental disclosure shows a negative and significant effect on the cost of capital during the first years but no significant effect later in time. Our results contribute to explaining the dynamic effect of CSR disclosure. A predominant feature to consider is the evolution of CSR disclosure over time. Steadily, US firms are moving away from some CSR disclosure activities to others. However, firms that abandoned some existing CSR disclosure commitments may face aggressive responses from stakeholders. US firms have to be more cautious when linking CSR disclosure to firm risk over time, recognizing the long-term benefits and drawbacks of CSR disclosure.

Do emerging and developed countries differ in terms of sustainable performance? Analysis of board, ownership and country-level factors

This paper aims to provide insights into the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of firms from emerging and developed countries relative to their control mechanisms and institutional framework. The main objective is to determine which of these board, ownership and country-level drivers exert the greatest explanatory power in ESG performance. In other words, this paper examines the behaviour of the board of directors, ownership and the effect of institutional pressure. Using a sample of 69 461 firm-year observations from 2012 to 2018, and following a two-stage analysis model, the results point to interesting findings for both blocks of countries. In emerging environments, the country effect prevails and the positive effect of the board of directors guarantees its efficiency, while in developed countries, the main mechanism affecting ESG performance is the board of directors, with the ownership effect also playing a key role.

Institutional pressures as drivers of circular economy in firms: A machine learning approach

This paper investigates how institutional pressures affect the development of Circular Economy (CE) in firms. Using Institutional Entrepreneurship as a theoretical framework, this paper considers three different levels of institutional pressures (coercive, normative, and mimetic) to examine the effect of each pressure and their interactions on the development of CE. Seeking to clarify the debate on the effect of institutional pressures, this paper considers that the main limitation arises from the fact that previous research has analysed the relationship between institutional pressures without considering the interaction between them and the non-linearity of the processes. Deviating from previous papers, our analysis combines regression methods with Machine learning (i.e. Artificial Neural Networks), and employs data from the EU survey on Public Consultation on the Circular Economy. This research finds that while coercive pressures have a compulsory effect on the development of CE, mimetic and normative pressures do not have an effect by themselves, but only in interaction with coercive pressures. Moreover, this paper shows that the application of machine learning tools has an important contribution in solving interaction problems. From the perspective of environmental policy, this means that a comprehensive policy is required, which implies the coexistence or interaction of the three types of pressures.

The effects of institutional pressures on shipping digital transformation in Taiwan

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to empirically evaluate the impact of coercive pressure, normative pressure and mimetic pressure on digital transformation and benefits in the maritime shipping context.Design/methodology/approachThe authors collect data from a survey of 119 shipping companies, shipping agencies, port corporations and shipping forwarders in Taiwan and apply a structural equation model to test the research hypotheses.FindingsFour conclusions can be drawn: First, digital transformation mainly results from coercive pressure and mimetic pressure. Second, another positive and important source of pressure for shipping digital transformation is the fact that competitors are gradually undergoing digital transformation and have gained recognition from customers. Third, shipping professional organizations and association (e.g. IACS, IAPH, Baltic International Maritime Commission) must keep up with the trend toward digital transformation and put forward guidelines and recommendations that can be followed in order to lead the maritime shipping industry. Fourth, digital transformation has great potential to help deliver the benefits (i.e. improve efficiency, relationship with customers and sustainability).Originality/valueThis research explores the digital transformation of the shipping industry through the lens of institutional theory. The results show that digital transformation is mainly due to coercive pressure and mimetic pressure. Digital transformation has been found to bring benefits that can help shipping operators allocate their resources effectively, thereby increasing operational efficiency, improving relationships with customers and enhancing sustainability.

The Effects of Institutional Pressures on Environmental Practices and Firm Performance: A New Institutional Theory Perspective

Bu araştırmanın üç temel amacı bulunmaktadır. Araştırmanın birinci amacı, yeni kurumsal kuramdan yararlanarak normatif, zorlayıcı ve taklitçi baskılar olmak üzere üç kurumsal baskının çevresel uygulamalar üzerindeki etkilerini incelemektir. Araştırmanın ikinci amacı, kurumsal baskılar ve firma performansı arasındaki ilişki mekanizmasını ortaya çıkarmaktır. Bu amaca yönelik olarak çevresel uygulamaların aracılık rolü incelenmiştir. Araştırmanın üçüncü amacı, kurumsal baskılar ve çevresel uygulamalar arasında meşruiyet motivasyonunun düzenleyici bir rol oynayıp oynamadığını ortaya koymaktır. Araştırma verileri Ankara İlinde faaliyet gösteren sanayi firmalarından elde edilmiştir. Veri analizinde yapısal eşitlik modellemesi kullanılmıştır. Bulgulara göre zorlayıcı baskılar çevresel uygulamalar üzerinde anlamlı bir etkiye sahip değilken, normatif ve taklitçi baskılar çevresel uygulamalar üzerinde anlamlı bir etkiye sahiptir. Ayrıca, normatif ve taklitçi baskıların firma performansı üzerindeki etkisinde çevresel uygulamalar aracılık rolü oynarken, kurumsal baskıların çevresel uygulamalar üzerindeki etkisinde meşruiyet motivasyonu herhangi bir düzenleyici role sahip değildir. Sonuç olarak bu araştırmanın kurumsal baskılar, çevresel uygulamalar ve firma performansı arasındaki ilişkilere ışık tutmakla beraber meşruiyet motivasyonun düzenleyici rolünü inceleyerek alanyazına katkı sağlaması beklenmektedir.

Role of institutional pressures and resources in the adoption of big data analytics powered artificial intelligence, sustainable manufacturing practices and circular economy capabilities

• Effect of institutional pressures and resources on BDA-AI adoption is examined. • Effect of BDA-AI on sustainable manufacturing and circular economy capabilities. • Digital progress is essential for the development of circular economy capabilities. The significance of big data analytics-powered artificial intelligence has grown in recent years. The literature indicates that big data analytics-powered artificial intelligence has the ability to enhance supply chain performance, but there is limited research concerning the reasons for which firms engaging in manufacturing activities adopt big data analytics-powered artificial intelligence. To address this gap, our study employs institutional theory and resource-based view theory to elucidate the way in which automotive firms configure tangible resources and workforce skills to drive technological enablement and improve sustainable manufacturing practices and furthermore develop circular economy capabilities. We tested the research hypothesis using primary data collected from 219 automotive and allied manufacturing companies operating in South Africa. The contribution of this work lies in the statistical validation of the theoretical framework, which provides insight regarding the role of institutional pressures on resources and their effects on the adoption of big data analytics-powered artificial intelligence, and how this affects sustainable manufacturing and circular economy capabilities under the moderating effects of organizational flexibility and industry dynamism.

The effect of institutional pressures on business-led interventions to improve social compliance among emerging market suppliers in global value chains

Emerging market governments are incented to attract global value chain (GVC) activities to fuel economic growth. At the same time, in light of real and perceived workplace-related injustices within emerging markets, GVC lead firms are under pressure to improve social standard compliance within their upstream supply chain. Among the most common approaches to achieve these outcomes is to impose standards of conduct that are vetted by on-site audits. Research has shown, however, that improvement in GVC performance using this approach has been slow and sometimes leads to negative consequences, leading us to our research question: under what conditions do interventions by GVC lead firms yield significant improvements in social standards among upstream supplier workplaces? We hypothesize that a country’s institutions not only have direct effects on social upgrading but also indirectly affect the ability of third parties to bring about social compliance. Our findings, based on two longitudinal datasets, suggest that GVC lead firms must account for the unique country-level institutional pressures that either propel or hamper improvement over time in private social standard compliance among upstream suppliers. In addition, governments must develop new policy responses to target the prevailing institutional pressures that dampen social upgrading if they are to attract and retain GVC investment.

Institutional pressures and circular economy performance: The role of environmental management system and organizational flexibility in oil and gas sector

AbstractThe pressures to make business operations sustainable have been pushing organizations to adopt circular economy (CE) principles. With depleting fossil resources, the oil and gas (O&G) sector is pushed towards recycling limited resources available with it by leveraging CE principles. However, not many studies have been taken up how institutional pressures influence CE‐targeted environmental and economic performances. Drawing on institutional theory, this study examines the moderated‐mediation role of organization flexibility on the effects of institutional pressures on CE performance through environmental management systems (EMSs). Data are collected from 280 firms in Indian O&G sector using questionnaire‐based survey method. The study reveals that organizations leverage EMS to achieve CE performance, and flexible organizations compared with rigid ones are more effective in dealing with coercive pressures by leveraging EMS. These insights may help policymakers to formulate regulatory framework judiciously that encourages firms to adopt EMS in making their operations environmentally sustainable.

Institutional pressures and the extent of cross-channel integration: the moderating effect of enterprise's capabilities

PurposeCurrently, the issues of cross-channel integration (CCI) have become the attentive focus. However, little research based on institutional theory details the drivers of and obstacles to adopt CCI strategy. Combined with resource-based view (RBV) and institutional theory, this thesis studies the effect of institutional pressures on the manufactures' extent of CCI, through exploring the moderating effects of firm's technology competence and relationship governance capabilities on the relationship between institutional pressures and the extent of CCI.Design/methodology/approachThe survey data of 249 valid research samples were obtained from Chinese manufacturing enterprises. Statistical software such as SPSS 22.0 and AMOS 18.0 was used to analyze the data and test the conceptual model and relevant research hypotheses from an empirical perspective.FindingsThe results of empirical study from 249 manufacturers indicate that the mimetic, coercive and normative pressures perceived by enterprises can significantly promote their extent of CCI; relationship governance capabilities attenuate the positive impact of mimetic pressures on the extent of CCI, but strengthen that of normative pressures on the extent of CCI; besides, technology competence can attenuate the positive effect of mimetic pressures on the extent of CCI, but enhance that of normative pressures on the extent of CCI.Originality/valueFew studied the impact of the interaction of internal capabilities and external institutional pressures on CCI of enterprises. This study combines institutional theory and resource-based view to fill the theoretical gap in this regard.

Effects of institutional pressures on the governance of food safety in emerging food supply chains: a case of Lebanese food processors

Food safety has become a major development challenge and a key influence on the strategic behavior of food companies. The study seeks to analyze the effect of perceived institutional pressures on the governance of food safety and the effect this may have on food safety performance in emerging food supply chains. The research develops a conceptual framework that links perceived institutional pressures, degree of food manufacturer-supplier relationships, food safety practices, and food safety output. The hypothesized relationships were tested in the Middle Eastern context, where food safety concerns are rising. Accordingly, a survey was carried out to collect data from food quality/safety managers representing 94 food processors across Lebanon. The study finds that perceived institutional pressures have a direct and strong effect on the degree of integration in the agro-food supply chain (i.e., in terms of long-term relationships, strategic information sharing, information technology connection, and logistic integration), and such an integration, in turn, increases the intensity of food safety practices and food safety performance. However, in the absence of strong manufacturer-supplier relationships, perceived institutional pressures do not lead to improved food safety performance. The study suggests that long-term food manufacturer-supplier relationship is necessary if agro-food chain actors are to respond to established regulatory demands, industry practices, and social norms.

Adoption of LGBT‐friendly practices: The effect of institutional pressures and strategic choice

AbstractThis study explores contextual and organisational factors that influence the likelihood of adopting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)‐friendly practices. Drawing on institutional theory, we hypothesise that state laws, state conservativism, and localised LGBT‐friendliness density will have a direct effect on the adoption of LGBT‐friendly practices. Given the observed variation in the adoption of these practices, we also draw on strategic choice and the upper echelons perspective and hypothesise that the effect of institutional mechanisms is moderated by the beliefs and values of powerful organisational agents (chief executive officers and boards of directors). Our sample consists of 201 U.S.‐based Fortune 1000 companies over a period of seven years, and we test our hypotheses using a Cox proportional hazards survival analysis. Our results offer support for the role of state conservativism and localised LGBT‐friendliness density in the likelihood of LGBT‐friendly practices adoption, as well as for the moderating role of chief executive officer and board of directors' political orientation.

Studying the effect of institutional pressures on the intentions to continue green information technology usage

The last decade witnessed the emergence of green information technology(GIT) which includes organizational initiatives to reduce the negative impact of information technology (IT) on the environment. GIT has gained considerable interest among researchers because of a huge negative impact on the environment and an extensive use of information technology. A research instrument has been developed to link three components: coercive pressure, normative influence, and mimicry and stdy their effect on GIT adopt and continuance intentions. The model is validated using data collected from a field survey of 99 managers of small enterprises (SEs) in Thi-Qar province. The analysis that normative pressures are the most influential in the adoption of green IT. The coercive pressures have the most significant effect on the continuance usage of GIT practices. The current study would contribute to illustrate knowledge in the field of IT, regarding the decision maker’s intention for the adoption and continue using GIT through the development of a theoretical framework that identified the key factors of GIT adoption and intention continuance.

Studying The Effect Of Institutional Pressures On Managers Intentions Of Small Enterprise In Thi-Qar Province To Adopt Environmental Disposal Of Electronic Waste

Studying The Effect Of Institutional Pressures On Managers Intentions Of Small Enterprise In Thi-Qar Province To Adopt Environmental Disposal Of Electronic Waste