Organizational Configurations for Sustainability and Employee Productivity: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis Approach

Delmas, Magali A.; Peković, Sanja

doi:10.1177/0007650317703648

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“…After that, expert mining was conducted to finalize the enablers of HRD for sustainability. Further, our study supports the literature how enablers of quality of work life are playing a significant role for long term sustainability of organization (Nguyen et al, 2017;Carmeli et al, 2017;Delmas and Pekovic, 2018). Third, we have developed a structural model by ISM and future the interrelationships tested using TISM from data collected from the Indian power sector.…”

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Mapping the human resource focused enablers with sustainability viewpoints in Indian power sector

Yadav

Mangla

Luthra³

et al. 2019

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Sustainability is defined a triple bottom line approach, which concentrates on economic, social and environment growth of any organisation. In order to achieve sustainability objective, the human resource focused enablers are playing a significant role in optimising expenses, improving productivity and quality of work. Therefore, the present study seeks to build a model for the enablers of human resource development for sustainability in India power sector. The study findings help the sector to improve the productivity of their workers and establish all the enablers, which can be seen to improve quality of work life in the Indian power sector.Improved human resource capabilities and work conditions provide not only much needed motivation to power sector employees to improve their efficiency but also assist to accomplish social-ecological-economic organizational sustainability. Total Interpretive StructuralModelling with Matrice d'Impacts Croisés Multiplication Appliqués à un Classement (MICMAC) analysis has been applied to build a structural model and to identify the driving force and dependence power of enablers. Validation of relationships among the enablers and managerial implications are also discussed. According to the findings, the enablers 'work safety and healthy working conditions' have the highest driving power. The outcomes of this study can help the power sector to enhance human resource capabilities and quality of work life within the organization through provision of a benchmark model and help to accomplish sustainable development initiatives in its business.

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Section: Implication and Contribution For Theorysupporting

confidence: 79%

Mapping the human resource focused enablers with sustainability viewpoints in Indian power sector

Yadav

Mangla

Luthra³

et al. 2019

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…Previous findings support the positive impact of environmental innovation on firm outcomes [37][38][39][40][41]. Turning to environmental practices, they are also assumed to generate significant economic benefits to firms [22,23,[25][26][27][28]. Furthermore, [42] itemised various means through which environmental investments provide financial gains to firms, such as better access to markets, possibility for differentiation of products, commercialisation of pollution-control technology, and savings on regulatory, material, energy and services, capital and labour costs.…”

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“…Following previous studies [27,50,51], our dependent variable named PRODUCTIVITY was conceptualised as a logarithm of sales per employee. It is noteworthy that productivity is considered to be a common measure of firm performance.…”

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“…Moreover, based on a survey of 208 respondents and 47 expert interviews, [21] identified that cultural barriers, a lack of consumer interest and awareness, as well as a doubtful firm culture, are the main circular economy barriers. In addition, a related strand of work has explored the effect of environmental practices, environmental innovation, environmental technologies, and sustainability on firm performance, mainly underlining improvement in firm performance due to the adoption of environmental activities [22][23][24][25][26][27][28]. Therefore, in this study, this gap is addressed by studying the relationship between activities related to the circular economy and firm performance.Moreover, several scholars have emphasised that the CE should be considered in various adoption phases [20,29,30].…”

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The Effect of Phases of the Adoption of the Circular Economy on Firm Performance: Evidence from 28 EU Countries

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Although a substantial body of literature has analysed the potential benefits of the circular economy, empirical evidence on the relationship between circular economy-related activities and firm performance is scarce. Rather than analysing only the effect of the circular economy on firm performance, we empirically examine the effects of the different phases of the adoption process of the circular economy on firm performance. Therefore, in this paper, a multiphase framework of circular economy adoption is developed. Employing a propensity-score-matching model on the sample of more than 4000 European SMEs, we show that the adoption of circular economy activities improves firm performance as measured by productivity. In addition, our findings reveal that the impact of circular economy activities on firm performance is dependent on the different phases of the adoption process. Taken together, this study enriches current research on the circular economy by contributing to a more nuanced understanding on the relationship between the different phases of the adoption process and firm performance.

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“…There is a natural complementarity between quality/lean and environmental/social programs as many have pointed out (Lu et al, 2012;Gopalakrishnan et al, 2012;King & Lennox, 2001;Narasimhan & Schoenherr, 2012;Jackson et al, 2016;Delmas & Pekoic, 2018;Wang et al, 2015). Both, when successful, focus on continuous process improvement.…”

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Sustainable CSR in Global Supply Chains

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2019

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Multinational firms face many challenges in extending sustainability practices to their global supply chains. Establishing standards for environmental practices and working conditions for suppliers through codes of conduct, and then monitoring their performance with audits, is the common method used by MNEs. However, this approach has proven deficient in many cases as the suppliers are often not capable or unwilling to make the changes necessary to assure long-term sustainability of their operations. Audits often are insufficient in uncovering practices that do not meet the codes of conduct, and in any case, do not usually reveal if the firm is on a path to continue to improve their sustainability practices. Drawing upon the experiences of firms that have implemented productivity and quality improvement programs in their global supply chains, some implications for how to implement successful sustainability programs can be found. The challenges that MNEs and their suppliers must overcome to achieve this are discussed and suggestions made on how to achieve real sustainability in global supply chains.

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Organizational Configurations for Sustainability and Employee Productivity: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis Approach

Cited by 80 publications

References 129 publications

Mapping the human resource focused enablers with sustainability viewpoints in Indian power sector

Mapping the human resource focused enablers with sustainability viewpoints in Indian power sector

The Effect of Phases of the Adoption of the Circular Economy on Firm Performance: Evidence from 28 EU Countries

Sustainable CSR in Global Supply Chains

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