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The purpose of this paper is to argue that green hope (GH) and green organizational identification (GOI) play critical roles in transforming top management green commitment (TMGC…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to argue that green hope (GH) and green organizational identification (GOI) play critical roles in transforming top management green commitment (TMGC) into desired employees task-related green behavior (TRGB) and voluntary workplace green behavior (VWGB) based on positive psychology.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors test the multilevel moderated mediation model by analyzing data collected from 491 hospitality employees and their direct supervisors in 103 teams. At Time 1, the authors conducted a survey of 905 team members to provide demographic information and evaluate TMGC, as well as their own GOI. At Time 2, the authors sent a follow-up questionnaire to employees who participated Time 1, asking them to evaluate their GH in the workplace. At Time 3, the authors sent questionnaires to the leaders of the respondents of T2 survey and invited them to evaluate TRGB and VWGB in the workplace.
Findings
The results show that TMGC facilitates two types of employees’ behaviors toward both TRGB and VWGB by enhancing hospitality employees’ GH. As a team-level variable, GOI has a positive moderating effect on the association between TMGC and GH. The authors discuss the theoretical implications as well as practical implications for managers seeking to promote sustainability in their hospitality industry.
Originality/value
This is one of the first empirical studies to investigate the mediating effects of a positive psychology variable, namely, GH – and the moderating effects of GOI on the relationship between TMGC and employee green behavior (EGB).
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Daryl D. Green and Jack McCann
The purpose of this paper is to examine benchmarking leadership theories in order to build a new leadership model for the green economy.
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine benchmarking leadership theories in order to build a new leadership model for the green economy.
Design/methodology/approach
The collection and critical analysis of secondary data from relevant publications were used to evaluate the feasibility of a new leadership model in the green economy. Analysis of organizational and leadership theories has been utilized in order to benchmark future successful efforts.
Findings
The paper found five key issues: there is little research in how the green economy will impact contemporary organizations' strategy, structure, and culture; new theories may need to be developed to assist organizations in developing the right kind of leadership for the green economy; the creation of green jobs may infuse organizations with more emphasis on values and leadership competency; the over dependence on technology to create jobs and sustain society's quality of life carries unintended consequences; and agrarian leadership may offer organizations a better ability to lead workers in the green economy.
Research limitations/implications
The paper examines benchmarking applications that are exclusively relevant in both private and public organizations.
Practical implications
There are several implications for researchers and practitioners related to improving the personal and organizational success of leaders guiding their followers in a green economy. Many countries hope that the green economy will be able to improve their financial situation. Yet, organizations are struggling with the issues of ethical behavior by managers and how to motivate their employees toward greater performance. A new leadership based on agrarian values may be a positive step in addressing these matters.
Originality/value
The paper is significant because it presents a theoretical framework for interpreting how agrarian values can work building the quality of life when applied in a green economy.
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Chile was a global frontrunner in exploring the potential of green hydrogen, but progress in developing the industry has stalled in recent years. Delays in laying out clear rules…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285365
ISSN: 2633-304X
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URUGUAY: Green hydrogen offers hopes and challenges
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES285567
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the marketing journey of a professional baseball team in South Korea (the SK Wyverns), from the conception of a new “green” campaign to the…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the marketing journey of a professional baseball team in South Korea (the SK Wyverns), from the conception of a new “green” campaign to the resulting environmental, social and economic gains of the local community and of Korean baseball in general.
Design/methodology/approach
The investigator interviewed 12 constituents of the SK’s green marketing campaign, participated as an observer at seven separate field trips to the SK stadium and meetings, and collected and analyzed corporate documentation and physical artifacts. The role of the researcher as an advisor to the Wyvern’s green marketing initiative from the onset provided rare access to these multiple and different sources of evidence, which helped to establish the trustworthiness of the results (Yin, 2003).
Findings
By taking unconventional steps to find new funding opportunities, the team managed to achieve a triple benefit-of environmental, social and economic gains from green marketing. In the big picture, one will recognize that the SK Wyverns’ story is less about the opportune timing of its funding strategy, and more about its capacity for innovative thinking to address the big issue of meeting up-front costs.
Originality/value
The significance of the SK Wyverns’ green marketing program is that it shows how even a team in a non-major baseball market like South Korea can accept a big challenge and deliver the desired results by solving the cost issue in a proactive, creative way. The hope is that other sport franchises around Asia, in other regions faced with growing environmental concerns, may regard this case as a benchmark and find inspiration for their own creative solutions in going green.
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Haitao Yin and Chunbo Ma
In recent years, “trade up” argument has gained momentum. It argues that international integration can benefit developing countries' environments by fostering the adoption of…
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In recent years, “trade up” argument has gained momentum. It argues that international integration can benefit developing countries' environments by fostering the adoption of voluntary environmental standards, such as International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001 certification. Based on this argument, a social marketing program that encourages greenness among buyers, especially downstream industrial buyers (for example, auto industry) in developed countries could motivate firms in developing countries go green. The purpose of this paper is to provide an investigation on whether “trade up” is a real hope, and what is required to make it real.
Design/methodology/approach
Theoretical modeling and case studies.
Findings
This paper finds that international trade does gear up the adoption of ISO 14001 standards in China through increasing pressures from international green customers. However, our analyses suggest that the adoption of ISO 14001 certification does not necessarily improve firms' compliance with existing environmental regulations in China. The actual impact depends on how stringently environmental agency carries out inspections. We also find that in China, ISO 14001 certification motivates little, if any, environmental performance improvement beyond bottom‐line environmental regulations.
Research limitations/implications
This finding suggests that the “trade up” argument as well as a social marketing strategy targeting international buyers (including downstream industries) need to be scrutinized carefully before being used to guide practice.
Originality/value
Few efforts have been made to explore the actual impacts of ISO 14001 certification in developing countries. This paper fills this gap. It provides empirical support for Andreasen's argument that social marketing should be applied more broadly to achieve the desired impacts.
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Nancy Hanson-Rasmussen and Brent S. Opall
The motivation and practices of business network members are explored with the purpose of determining what leads businesses to fully share and learn sustainable practice from each…
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The motivation and practices of business network members are explored with the purpose of determining what leads businesses to fully share and learn sustainable practice from each other and how chambers contribute to an urgent need.
Design/methodology/approach
In this exploratory case study using in-depth interviews, SMEs belonging to a chamber of commerce green initiative address their unconventional thoughts regarding their participation and willingness to share their own sustainable practices.
Findings
The expectancy theory of motivation explains why members of a green business network participate in conventional and unconventional sustainable practices and the role networks play in recognizing but not increasing sustainable business practice.
Originality/value
This study is unique in that it explores the motivation and reticence of chamber of commerce business members to fully participate in a green initiative. Filling a literature gap, this study provides optimism that a chamber's green initiative may contribute to providing support for promising sustainable practice.
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Qi-an Chen and Anze Bao
Green transition is a long-term direction of corporate development that can achieve sustainable corporate development. This study aims to investigate whether state ownership…
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Purpose
Green transition is a long-term direction of corporate development that can achieve sustainable corporate development. This study aims to investigate whether state ownership promotes corporate green transition by mitigating managerial myopia and the impact of environmental regulations, internal controls and ownership on this pathway.
Design/methodology/approach
Using data from 2,608 Chinese listed companies for 2010–2019, the authors investigate the relationship between state ownership, managerial myopia and corporate green transition by using fixed-effects and moderated mediation models.
Findings
State ownership can boost green transitions and alleviate managerial myopia. Managerial myopia mediates the relationship between state ownership and corporate green transition. Furthermore, environmental regulations, internal controls and ownership moderate the mediating effects of managerial myopia.
Originality/value
The authors construct a multidimensional green transition index to examine the influence of state ownership on corporate green transition behavior and reveal the underlying mechanism by which state ownership promotes green transition by “mitigating managerial myopia.” This study enriches the literature on state ownership, management myopia and green transition and provides important evidence for the promotion of mixed ownership reforms.
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