scholarly journals Organizational Culture and Environmental Performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 2690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussain Bakhsh Magsi ◽  
Tze Ong ◽  
Jo Ho ◽  
Ahmad Sheikh Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Latent Variable ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Developing Economy ◽  
Environmental Practices ◽  
The Impact

Because it has become more and more urgent for organizations to implement environmental strategies with the support of organizational culture, this study considers it necessary to conduct an empirical study to examine the impact of organizational culture on environmental performance. Synthesizing the perspectives of organizational culture and environmental performance, we applied a theoretical model in the manufacturing industry of Pakistan linking an organizational culture that supports environmental practices for better environmental performance. Based on a survey of 314 manufacturing firms, using Smart-PLS, the current study found that adaptability, mission and consistency positively affect environmental performance. However, involvement does not have an effect on environmental performance. Additionally, organizational culture as a latent variable has a strong impact on environmental performance. The study is one of the first, to the author’s knowledge that links OC and EP in a developing economy, in this case Pakistan.

The role of information technology in the environmental performance of the firm

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Gimenez ◽  
Vicenta Sierra ◽  
Juan Rodon ◽  
Jorge Andres Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Manufacturing Strategy ◽  
Environmental Practices ◽  
Content Type ◽  
It Resources ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Role Of Information

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of information technologies (IT) in the impact of environmental practices on environmental performance. Design/methodology/approach The authors use data from the fifth (2009) round of the International Manufacturing Strategy Survey (IMSS) which includes responses from manufacturing plants within the manufacturing industry in Brazil, China, Germany, Hungary and USA. The authors use multiple regression analysis to test the relationship between environmental practices and environmental performance and the moderating effect of IT. Findings The paper finds evidence that IT strengthens the relationship between environmental practices and environmental performance. The IT construct is operationalized through IT-enabled control and IT-enabled coordination. The results confirm the established relationship between environmental practices and environmental performance and show that IT-enabled coordination moderates the relationship between environmental practices and environmental performance. Originality/value This research contributes to the literature of green operations in the following ways: First, this paper offers an alternative explanation about the role of IT; the authors provide evidence that existing IT resources that support the coordination between product design and manufacturing strengthen the effect of environmental practices. Second, this paper provides evidence that environmental practices can take advantages of the IT resources embedded in daily plants’ routines to enhance plants’ environmental performance. Overall, this research provides suggestions to managers about the role that IT plays in the implementation of environmental practices.

Differences in the impact of AMO bundles of line managers and frontline workers on the performance of manufacturing firms

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Bayo-Moriones ◽  
Alejandro Bello-Pindado
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Line Managers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Frontline Workers ◽  
Hrm Practices ◽  
Manufacturing Performance ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact on manufacturing performance of human resource management (HRM) practices across two job levels within manufacturing firms in Argentina and Uruguay: that of line managers and frontline workers. HRM practices are categorised into three bundles defined by the AMO theoretical framework: ability, motivation and opportunity.Design/methodology/approachThe article uses data from a survey to 301 manufacturing plants in Uruguay and Argentina. Given the characteristics of the dependent variable, linear regression models have been estimated in order to test the hypotheses.FindingsThe results show that the ability and opportunity bundles for line managers are positively associated with manufacturing performance. However, only the motivation bundle affects manufacturing performance for frontline workers.Research limitations/implicationsThe main limitations are the use of cross-sectional data, the focus on two specific countries and the analysis of two employee categories that are not completely homogenous. The paper extends the contingency perspective in HRM by examining the relevance of job level as a contingent factor in the HRM-performance relationship in the manufacturing industry.Practical implicationsThe results suggest that manufacturing companies should target HR investments more towards line managers than to frontline employees. More specifically, they should concentrate efforts on the ability and opportunity bundles.Originality/valueThe article contributes to the very limited empirical evidence on the impact of HRM differentiation on firm performance by analysing sub-dimensions in a context not previously analysed.

Sustainable supply chain collaboration: incentives in emerging economies

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nutcharee Pakdeechoho ◽  
Vatcharapol Sukhotu
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
Emerging Economy ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Supply Chain Collaboration ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chain ◽  
Food Manufacturing ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between sustainable supply chain collaboration (SSCC) and sustainability performance, and examine whether two types of incentives moderate this relationship. This empirical investigation of the Thai food manufacturing industry provides insight in the context of an emerging economy. Design/methodology/approach Survey data were collected from 215 food manufacturing firms in Thailand, and the hypotheses were tested by exploratory factor analysis, hierarchical regression analysis, and cluster analysis. Findings The results indicate that SSCC leads to better economic and social performance, but not necessarily better environmental performance; incentives provided by firms in the supply chain enhance the effects of SSCC on social performance. Practical implications The findings provide useful suggestions for supply chain managers and policy makers about effective collaboration and the use of incentives to improve the sustainability of individual firms in the supply chain. They also reveal the challenges faced by manufacturing firms in improving environmental performance in an emerging economy. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature on the implementation of sustainable supply chain management by explaining the role of incentives.

scholarly journals The Effect of Environmental Performance on Employment: Evidence from China’s Manufacturing Industries

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 2232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Shan ◽  
Jingyi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Correlation Effect ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Production Scale ◽  
Vector Autoregressive ◽  
The Impact

This research aims to explore the interaction between environmental performance and employment China’s manufacturing industries. Based on the environmental performance of 32 industries in China’s manufacturing industry during 2006–2015, a panel vector autoregressive model was constructed to study the interaction between industry output and employment in clean industries and dirty industries. The dynamic impact and internal transmission mechanism between environmental performance is analyzed. The study found that in the early stage, due to the reduction of production scale, there was a weak and short-term negative correlation effect on employment, and the mutual promotion relationship between economic benefits and employment was unsustainable. In return, employment affects environmental performance, but the effect differs due to the different forms of environmental performance. For dirty industries, the impact of environmental performance on employment through technical effects is more significant and, thus, a win–win situation of ecological environment and employment stability will be achieved. This research has practical significance regarding how to scientifically and effectively carry out environmental regulation and green management.

scholarly journals Executive compensation, organizational culture and the glass ceiling

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-247
Author(s):  
Michaël Dewally ◽  
Susan Flaherty ◽  
Daniel Singer
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Executive Compensation ◽  
Glass Ceiling ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Female Executives ◽  
Equity Compensation ◽  
Compensation Systems ◽  
Managerial Power ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This study examines the impact of organizational culture on executive compensation systems. Organizational culture is found to have a strong impact on the relationship between CEO equity compensation and organizational effectiveness. Compensation patterns found in traditional organizations are interpreted to reflect a Managerial Power Theory of executive compensation. In contrast, in positive organizations, the exercise of managerial power appears to be constrained by the internal values of that organization and the need for the leader to maintain his or her authenticity. Female executives who have penetrated the glass ceiling in both traditional and positive organizations are found to contribute to a culture in which executive compensation reflects an Optimal Contract approach to principle-agent relationships for CEOs and shareholders.

scholarly journals The corporate culture and employees’ performance: an overview

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Shoeb Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Corporate Culture ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Positive Culture ◽  
Organization Culture ◽  
Fundamental Aspect ◽  
Significant Feature ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

Corporate culture is a significant feature of an organization which is implied as the fundamental aspect of organizational strategy. It facilitates consistent employee behavior and helps new recruits to socialize and adapt to the workplace in accordance with organizational goals.Corporate cultures have manifold influence on employee performance and satisfaction levels.Employees act more sincerely and responsibly to attain organizational goals, once they are certain of their direct involvement in the organization. Culture of an organization helps employees develop their skills to observe and question expressive meanings of organizational rituals as well as gives a sense of distinctiveness to its members. As the employees spend the major part of their life while working with organizations, corporate culture gives them an opportunity to enhance their creativity, and direct their attitudes toward everything associated to work life. Thus, organizational culture influences organizational effectiveness. The culture of a workplace has a strong impact on the welfare of workplace in both short as well as long term and a positive culture escalates the proficiency and performance of organizations. The present study examines the relationship between organizational culture and employees’ functioning and performance. In addition, it explores the impact of organizational culture on employees’performance.

scholarly journals THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CHARACTERISTICS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE “SHARING” BASED ON LOCAL WISDOM IN INCREASING HR COMPETENCE IN INDONESIA (FACING ASIAN FUTURE SHOCK 2020)

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Mulyaningsih Mulyaningsih
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Ethical Investment ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
The Impact

Indonesia as the country with the opportunity cost of investment and the highest corruption in ASIA business caused a cultural and population changes which is affect to family structure in the development business and state. Based on those conditions, Indonesia must change fast become count country in ASIA to build character through local knowledge possessed a vast country and large The shift in the pattern of the surviving members of regional communities is an indicator of impending shocks to the mindset, ways of thinking, feeling and reacting based on the environment and the condition of the demands of the behavior of the members together are embraced and accepted by the organization to act and solve problems, adapt and unites members of the organization through a shift in values, norms and cultural rules significantly (mean) the impact of the shock towards the life of the nation both by employers and stakeholders organizations in Indonesia. ASIA development of the business sector in the 21st century emphasizes ethical investment. Ethical investments In the 21st century, supporting ethical organization, including in developed countries the problem of ethics and organizational behavior into consideration when deciding policies and financial. The idea of ethical investment had various depend on each country, and company cultural perception. The application of ethical investment strategies of individual, non-profit organizations, governments and companies to attract potential investors, in the hope that the fund is managed in a way that does not have a negative impact on society, including Indonesian society. The influence of cultural, social and geographical had very strong impact to employers and stakeholders behavior. The diversity behavior is fundamental basic considered in fundamentals treatment will support the success of Indonesia development over this years. It will deal with the honesty, integrity in the right employees, strong leadership and support for ethnic behavior. Those conditions would cause a shock to the human resources therefore need nation quality recovery in national policies circle in order to determine direction of attitudes change and nation view as an interactive consequence in organizational culture characteristic which is owned Indonesian HR should be able to function as a tool to support the implementation of the development progress through employee competence and leadership. The Indonesian efforts to increase capacity and competence of the Human Resources (HR) with respect to resilience in the face of 2020, namely the implementation of a characteristic of organization culture that will affect the way work is done and how employees behave based on the philosophy of Pancasila and the results of research in the form of build character first through local wisdom in the sunda level; like "sareundeuk saigel sabobot sapihanean, penance grindstones penance foster compassion, silih simbeuh mean to share (Sharing). (Mulyaningsih, Japan Meijo 2015) The paradigm of thought in enhancing the competence of behaving for Human Resources in Indonesia by sharing (sharing) the future is not only to be able to survive in the economic crisis but as a cornerstone in carrying out the work or the owner (owner) as well as the investors who use ethical investment as competence businesses, professional stakeholders to support the business sector and the advantages of statehood in Indonesia capable of competitiveness in 2020.

scholarly journals The Impact of Lean Manufacturing on Enviromental Performance in Moroccan Automotive Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 184-192
Author(s):  
Yassine Bouazza ◽  
Azza Lajjam ◽  
Btissam Dkhissi
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Development ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Energy Price ◽  
Sustainable Operations ◽  
Environmental Practices ◽  
Manufacturing Productivity ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Due to an increase in energy price and pollution plus environmental regulations, companies start to adopt green policies. In fact, companies are encouraged by governments to develop strategies to achieve more sustainable operations. Based on this literature review the contribution of Lean Manufacturing on environmental performances will be discussed, a survey of 50 different automotive companies based in Morocco, shows how they are carrying out manufacturing and environmental practices. The result of this study shows a positive impact of advanced Lean Manufacturing’s tools on the environmental performance and contribute to the present literature on environmentally friendly Manufacturing. The findings and proposals of this paper can be a beginning step for Moroccan companies to completely use their capability of environmental practices and improve their manufacturing productivity performance while identifying trends in organizational development.

Mitigating the effects of COVID-19: an exploratory case study of the countermeasures taken by the manufacturing industry

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Atif Saleem Butt
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Process Manufacturing ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this study is to understand how manufacturers (both discrete and process) are managing disruptions amid the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, using UAE as an empirical context. Design/methodology/approach This research uses a multiple case study approach and undertakes 36 semi-structured interviews with senior management of four discrete and four process manufacturing firms that outsource products/components from overseas and domestic suppliers. Findings Results reveal that manufacturing firms are using six distinct actions to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. For instance, they are relying on the automation process, transferring new and updated knowledge to the current and new suppliers, managing workforce diversity, understanding the impact of demand’s disruption, managing the ecosystem and finally using digital technologies to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Research limitations/implications This study has some limitations. Firstly, the results of this study cannot be generalized to a broader population as it attempts to build an initial theory in manufacturing supply chains within the context of a pandemic outbreak. Second, the study uses a cross-sectional approach to explore the actions used by manufacturing firms to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Practical implications Manufacturing firms can replicate the actions proposed in this study to lessen the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and emerge stronger in the post-COVID-era. Originality/value This study contributes to the manufacturing supply chain literature within the context of pandemic outbreaks by exploring the steps taken by manufacturing firms to minimize the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Particularly, it explores such steps by considering both the discrete and process manufacturing industries within the United Arab Emirates.

Drivers of supply chain integration and the role of organizational culture

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erlinda N. Yunus ◽  
Suresh K. Tadisina
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Supply Chain Integration ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – Supply chain integration (SCI) is a set of practices driven by many factors and circumstances. The purpose of this paper is to examine firms’ internal and external drivers of SCI, evaluate the impact of the integration on firm performance, and further investigate the moderating role of organizational culture in strengthening the relationships between firms’ drivers and SCI. Design/methodology/approach – For the purpose of this study, manufacturing firms were identified as the focal firms in supply chains, and thus data were collected through a survey of 223 Indonesian-based manufacturing firms. Two informants from each firm became the respondents. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data. Findings – This study confirmed the positive relationship between SCI and firm performance. The results also indicated that internal driver, or specifically firms’ customer orientation (CO), triggered the initiation of SCI. Organizational culture, in terms of external focus, positively influenced the relationship between CO and SCI. Research limitations/implications – This study illustrates the important role of organizational culture in determining the shape of the relationship between firms’ drivers and SCI. The results of this study enhance the understanding of SCI, especially related to types of organizational culture that could promote the integration. Originality/value – This study brings a different dimension of SCI as this study provides evidence from a developing country, which might implement different practices as compared those of developed countries. This study provides a measure of internal drivers, which has not been empirically investigated. The new measure was tested and validated using a rigorous process, and thus could be employed in other studies with different settings.

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