Institutional pressures for sustainability: a triple bottom line approach

Purpose This paper empirically addresses the effect of coercive, normative and mimetic pressures on sustainability results, focussing on the three dimensions of the triple bottom line approach: environmental, economic and social. The mediating role of compliance, analyser or proactive corporate stra...

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Autores: Pasamar, Susana, Bornay-Barrachina, Mar, Morales-Sánchez, Rafael
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad Pablo de Olavide (UPO)
Repositorio:RIO. Repositorio Institucional Olavide
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:rio.upo.es:10433/24337
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10433/24337
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Institutional Pressures
Tripple Bottom Line
Corporate Strategy
Sustainability
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spelling Institutional pressures for sustainability: a triple bottom line approachPasamar, SusanaBornay-Barrachina, MarMorales-Sánchez, RafaelInstitutional PressuresTripple Bottom LineCorporate StrategySustainabilityPurpose This paper empirically addresses the effect of coercive, normative and mimetic pressures on sustainability results, focussing on the three dimensions of the triple bottom line approach: environmental, economic and social. The mediating role of compliance, analyser or proactive corporate strategies towards sustainability is also considered. Design/methodology/approach The hypotheses developed in this study were tested using data from a sample of private companies from two industries: manufacture of chemicals and chemical products, and manufacture of basic metals. Findings The results confirm the role played by institutional pressures for sustainability in explaining the involvement of organisations in economic, social and environmental aspects. The mediating effect of corporate strategy is also confirmed, although only for environmental aspects. Originality/value Research into sustainability development is evolving rapidly; however, few studies have explored its diffusion amongst organisations from a triple bottom line perspective by considering the role of different current external pressures, the corporate strategy and the diverse results.Emerald20252025-07-0720232023-01-0120232023-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10433/24337reponame:RIO. Repositorio Institucional Olavideinstname:Universidad Pablo de Olavide (UPO)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:rio.upo.es:10433/243372026-06-13T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Institutional pressures for sustainability: a triple bottom line approach
title Institutional pressures for sustainability: a triple bottom line approach
spellingShingle Institutional pressures for sustainability: a triple bottom line approach
Pasamar, Susana
Institutional Pressures
Tripple Bottom Line
Corporate Strategy
Sustainability
title_short Institutional pressures for sustainability: a triple bottom line approach
title_full Institutional pressures for sustainability: a triple bottom line approach
title_fullStr Institutional pressures for sustainability: a triple bottom line approach
title_full_unstemmed Institutional pressures for sustainability: a triple bottom line approach
title_sort Institutional pressures for sustainability: a triple bottom line approach
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pasamar, Susana
Bornay-Barrachina, Mar
Morales-Sánchez, Rafael
author Pasamar, Susana
author_facet Pasamar, Susana
Bornay-Barrachina, Mar
Morales-Sánchez, Rafael
author_role author
author2 Bornay-Barrachina, Mar
Morales-Sánchez, Rafael
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author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Institutional Pressures
Tripple Bottom Line
Corporate Strategy
Sustainability
topic Institutional Pressures
Tripple Bottom Line
Corporate Strategy
Sustainability
description Purpose This paper empirically addresses the effect of coercive, normative and mimetic pressures on sustainability results, focussing on the three dimensions of the triple bottom line approach: environmental, economic and social. The mediating role of compliance, analyser or proactive corporate strategies towards sustainability is also considered. Design/methodology/approach The hypotheses developed in this study were tested using data from a sample of private companies from two industries: manufacture of chemicals and chemical products, and manufacture of basic metals. Findings The results confirm the role played by institutional pressures for sustainability in explaining the involvement of organisations in economic, social and environmental aspects. The mediating effect of corporate strategy is also confirmed, although only for environmental aspects. Originality/value Research into sustainability development is evolving rapidly; however, few studies have explored its diffusion amongst organisations from a triple bottom line perspective by considering the role of different current external pressures, the corporate strategy and the diverse results.
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