Organizational Sustainability Determinants in Different Cultural Settings: A Conceptual Framework
Horak, S., Arya, B. & Ismail, K. 2018. Organizational Sustainability
Determinants in Different Cultural Settings: A Conceptual Framework. Business
Strategy and the Environment, 27(4), 528-546.
DOI: 10.1002/bse.2018
Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bse.2018
Abstract
Since the link between organizations’ sustainability initiatives and effects
from the societal environment has not been consistently established in the
literature, this paper provides a conceptual framework to demonstrate the
antecedents to the levels of sustainability initiatives undertaken by firms.
Taking insights from institutional theory, it proposes that the relationship
between the sustainability determinants and the level of sustainability
initiatives is mediated by coercive, mimetic, and normative isomorphic
pressures. Moreover, it suggests that culture plays a significant role in
moderating the extent to which the various types of isomorphic pressures on
firms may influence the levels of firms’ sustainability initiatives. The
implications of the framework are discussed in the light of encouraging
sustainability initiatives and overall sustainable development in various
cultural settings as well as undertaking future research to enhance the
framework and its applicability.
Keywords
Organizational sustainability, sustainable development, corporate social
responsibility, isomorphic pressures, culture