出版社：Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração
摘要：The demand for improved environmental practices insidefirms has increased around the world. However, in the processof implementationof environmental management, policy may be decoupledfrom practice, generating doubtsabout its effectiveness. This study investigates an overlooked middle step in the environmental management process, analyzing the strength of the main environmental drivers in improving environmental practicesinside firms. We developed a set of hypotheses about the influence regulation, voluntary norms and stakeholder pressure have upon environmental management practices, consideringthe institutionalcontextand different enforcement of these drivers.We usea cross-sectional survey of 150 Brazilian firmsto gather information about environmental management and testour hypotheses in a Structural Equation Model. The findings confirm the importance of command and control instruments as well as stakeholder pressure in promoting better environmental practices inside firms. Yet, the results demonstrate that voluntary norms did not influence management practices even though they were perceived as a market opportunity.
其他摘要：The demand for improved environmental practices insidefirms has increased around the world. However, in the processof implementationof environmental management, policy may be decoupledfrom practice, generating doubtsabout its effectiveness. This study investigates an overlooked middle step in the environmental management process, analyzing the strength of the main environmental drivers in improving environmental practicesinside firms. We developed a set of hypotheses about the influence regulation, voluntary norms and stakeholder pressure have upon environmental management practices, consideringthe institutionalcontextand different enforcement of these drivers.We usea cross-sectional survey of 150 Brazilian firmsto gather information about environmental management and testour hypotheses in a Structural Equation Model. The findings confirm the importance of command and control instruments as well as stakeholder pressure in promoting better environmental practices inside firms. Yet, the results demonstrate that voluntary norms did not influence management practices even though they were perceived as a market opportunity.
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