TY - JOUR
T1 - Stakeholder pressures and the global diffusion of the ISO 14001 initiative
T2 - A resource dependence perspective
AU - Xia, Jun
AU - Wang, John
AU - Wang, Yawei
AU - Xing, Ruben
PY - 2008/9
Y1 - 2008/9
N2 - This study examines how the dependence of organisations on external stakeholders leads to the global diffusion of Corporate Environmental Responsibility initiatives. Drawing on resource dependence theory, we propose that the global diffusion of the ISO 14001 initiative is associated with three types of stakeholder pressure: environmental protection, media freedom and trade dependence. Empirical results based on panel analyses of 112 countries during the 1996-2005 period suggest that the resource dependence approach provides useful insights for better understanding organisation-stakeholder relations to predict the diffusion process.
AB - This study examines how the dependence of organisations on external stakeholders leads to the global diffusion of Corporate Environmental Responsibility initiatives. Drawing on resource dependence theory, we propose that the global diffusion of the ISO 14001 initiative is associated with three types of stakeholder pressure: environmental protection, media freedom and trade dependence. Empirical results based on panel analyses of 112 countries during the 1996-2005 period suggest that the resource dependence approach provides useful insights for better understanding organisation-stakeholder relations to predict the diffusion process.
KW - CER
KW - Corporate Environmental Responsibility
KW - ISO 14001
KW - International Organisation for Standardisation 14001
KW - Stakeholder pressure
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79951546259&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1504/IJSSOC.2008.020374
DO - 10.1504/IJSSOC.2008.020374
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79951546259
SN - 1756-2538
VL - 1
SP - 4
EP - 28
JO - International Journal of Sustainable Society
JF - International Journal of Sustainable Society
IS - 1
ER -