Murphy, E, Guimaraes-Da Costa, N and Wong, CY orcid.org/0000-0002-4933-1770 (Cover date: Spring 2020) Decoding Human Intervention: Pathways to Successful Environmental Management. European Management Review, 17 (1). pp. 247-265. ISSN 1740-4754
Abstract
Despite progress in integrating sustainability into operations and corporate strategies many companies struggle to see substantial improvements in their environmental practices. The literature offers a preponderance of systems and analytical tools in the field of operations management literature but neglects the soft management factors also believed to be crucial for bringing about change and employee participation. Fundamentally we still lack knowledge about the best ways to engage people and organisations in sustainable practices. To address this gap, we examine both best and poor practices in seven UK ISO 14001 certified manufacturers to explore the intervention mechanisms of soft key success factors (KSF) which enhance environmental practice. This paper has two contributions. First, it clarifies the function of KSFs as antecedent and intervention variables and their role in affecting environmental practice. Second, it develops precise propositions which explain the pathways of four intervention mechanisms as mediators between antecedents and environmental practices.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 European Academy of Management. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Murphy, E., Guimaraes Da Costa, N., and Wong, C. Y. ( 2020) Decoding Human Intervention: Pathways to Successful Environmental Management. European Management Review, 17: 247– 265. https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12344. , which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12344. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Participation; organizational structures; organization; case research; methodology; organization |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Management Division (LUBS) (Leeds) > Logistics, Info, Ops and Networks (LION) (LUBS) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 19 Jun 2019 14:32 |
Last Modified: | 31 May 2021 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/emre.12344 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:147489 |