Institutional pressures on the adoption of environmental practices: a focus on European professional football

Daddi, Tiberio; Todaro, Niccolò Maria; Iraldo, Fabio; Frey, Marco

doi:10.1080/09640568.2021.1927679

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“…Institutions and stakeholders are central to this transition, as they can exert external pressure on organisations to develop voluntary environmental strategies that go beyond the requirements of environmental laws. In fact, external forces such as institutional and stakeholder pressure can contribute to achieving sustainability (Daddi, Todaro, et al, 2021; Testa et al, 2018). Daddi et al (2016), who noted the role played by coercive, mimetic and normative forces in stimulating the innovative and competitive responses of firms with environmental certification, also suggested that future studies should investigate the direct relationship between institutional pressures and organisational performance.…”

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Institutional and stakeholder pressures on organisational performance and green human resources management

Marrucci

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Iraldo

2022

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Green human resource management (GHRM) has recently received increasing attention from scholars and practitioners. In addition to environmental management systems, the circular economy has become a primary strategy for tackling environmental issues. Other studies have suggested that more research is required to identify the drivers of GHRM and explore how it is related to performance outcomes. In this study, we aim to investigate the effects of both institutional and stakeholder pressure on environmental and circular economy, economic performance, and environmental reputation of organisations. We also test the mediating roles of performance outcomes on GHRM adoption. Based on data collected from European environmentally certified organisations, we found that both institutional and stakeholder pressures are positively related to organisational performance and GHRM adoption. Performance outcomes also have a positive relationship with GHRM practices. However, our findings also highlight the risk that GHRM can become an elitist practice in high‐performing organisations.

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Institutional and stakeholder pressures on organisational performance and green human resources management

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Iraldo

2022

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“…However, an active contribution of supporters is crucial to maximise the benefits from the sports organisations' adoption of sustainable practices (Casper et al, 2020; Wicker, 2019). In fact, supporters' behaviours are crucial for the success of many practices, especially during sports events (Daddi et al, 2021). For instance, the effective implementation of a recycling collection system at the stadium requires the active cooperation of supporters, who must be informed and incentivised to sort waste correctly (McCullough, 2013; Smallbone, 2005).…”

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The impact of green marketing on collective behaviour: Experimental evidence from the sports industry

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This paper aims to investigate how supporters perceive and react to environmental messages that call for reducing the environmental impact of sporting events. Based on prospect theory, we randomly provided 1423 supporters attending football events in Europe with (1) a negative (perceived loss for supporters), (2) a neutral (no perceived gain or loss) or a (3) a positive (perceived gain for supporters) environmental message and measured their attitudes towards the message, pro‐environmental behavioural intentions and perceived consumer effectiveness. Our results reveal that supporters show traits of collective behaviour during sports events that may lower the in‐stadium effectiveness of environmental messages. The environmental commitment of the favoured sports club increases the influence of green marketing on supporters with higher levels of environmental values and knowledge, but only when they depart from a collective identity. This paper contributes to green marketing literature revealing that modelling collective behaviours of members of groups exposed to highly emotional situations should be coordinated with information and awareness‐raising campaigns in everyday life. We also contribute to the prospect theory showing that loss aversion prevails in risk‐free conditions even though it does not directly shape supporters' behavioural intentions.

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“…In the football industry, environmental concerns have increasingly been addressed (Bradshaw, 2021;Collins & Flynn, 2008), such as F I G U R E 1 Generation and transfer of new ideas and memes. Source: Lozano (2006) [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com] those from external pressures (Daddi et al, 2021). The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), developed policies to address such concerns (Collins & Flynn, 2008); in the World Cup Football in Germany in 2006, environmental targets were introduced to identify the resources that fans consume and their environmental impact (Dolles & Söderman, 2010); and in the UK's Football Association Cup Final in 2004 the impact of staging an event was assessed (Collins & Flynn, 2008).…”

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“…There has been increasing efforts to address the negative environmental and social impacts of sports organisations (Collins et al, 2009;Mallen & Chard, 2012;Trendafilova et al, 2014) and improve their positive ones (Daddi et al, 2021;McCullough et al, 2021;Trendafilova et al, 2013Trendafilova et al, , 2014, for example the German government plans to implement a carbon tax (Thormann & Wicker, 2021), and the engagement of sports organisations in building stronger relations with their stakeholders (Trendafilova et al, 2014).…”

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Civil society organisations as agents for societal change: Football clubs' engagement with sustainability

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2022

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Progress towards more sustainable societies requires moving from reactive responses to immediate problems, towards a more proactive focus on avoiding possible future problems and preparing for potential events. This requires that sustainability is endorsed by a group or opinion leader to be adopted by society. Organisations have been instrumental in fostering sustainability and can be such opinion leaders. During the last 10 years, there has been an increasing interest in organisational sustainability; however, research on civil society organisations (CSOs) has been scarce. Sports organisations (such as football clubs) are a particular type of CSO, and have been adopting sustainability, albeit slowly. Twelve interviews with representatives of Swedish football clubs (from which nine were male clubs and three were female clubs) were conducted between August and November 2021. The data were analysed using Grounded Theory's constant comparative analysis method. The findings show that football clubs have been undertaking several sustainability efforts (e.g. stakeholder collaboration, energy, health, gender and transportation) and have been connecting the sustainability dimensions throughout such efforts. The findings provide insights into the stages of sustainability awareness in football clubs, starting from the social dimension, then the environmental, economic and time dimensions. An important finding from the interviews was the potential that football clubs have in engaging and influencing society through their fans. This research provides insights into the contributions of football clubs to sustainability. Football clubs, and other CSOs, have the potential to become societal change agents and make societies more sustainable through a shared identity.

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Institutional pressures on the adoption of environmental practices: a focus on European professional football

Cited by 28 publications

References 47 publications

Institutional and stakeholder pressures on organisational performance and green human resources management

Institutional and stakeholder pressures on organisational performance and green human resources management

The impact of green marketing on collective behaviour: Experimental evidence from the sports industry

Civil society organisations as agents for societal change: Football clubs' engagement with sustainability

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