Organizational culture and sustainability in Brazilian electricity companies

Soares, Darticléia Almeida Sampaio da Rocha; Oliva, Eduardo Camargo; Kubo, Edson Keyso de Miranda; Parente, Virgínia; Tanaka, Karen Talita

doi:10.1108/rausp-07-2018-0038

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“…The main criticism of the cultural dimensions' theory is that it is a challenge to reach a consensus in getting everyone on board across the quadrants of adhocracy, hierarchy, market, and clan cultures. The reason being that is that different functions within an organization might require different approaches of the culture quadrants within the framework (Soares et al, 2018).…”

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Strategy Implementation: Does Hierarchy Culture Matter in Licensed Professional Societies in East Africa

Njagi

2021

EJMI

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Purpose: This study is aimed at establishing hierarchy and strategy relationship in registered professional bodies in Kenya. Design/Method/Approach: The dependent variable was measured through policy implementation, resource assessment and motivation. Hierarchy culture as an independent variable was measured through dominant characteristic and management of employees. Using a descriptive design approach, the study collected a return of 132 responses from a target of 168 in professional bodies of Kenya. The study set up a null hypothesis to be tested using a linear regression model to establish the relationship between dependent and independent variables. Findings: For hierarchy constructs, it was established that there was a significant correlation between strategy implementation and dominant characteristics r = .316, p < .05 with the management of employees r = .288, p < .05. Theoretical Implications: This paper expanded the body of research on organizational culture by showing that there is a significant relationship between the hierarchy culture and strategy implementation with both dominant characteristics and management of employees showing positive effects for the relationship. Originality/Value: This research shows that the organizations that are most successful in the market have a strong hierarchy culture within their environment. Therefore, professional bodies must at least have a mechanism of ensuring hierarchy culture within the organization. Research Limitations/Future Research: The study only looked at the association between hierarchy culture and strategy implementation. Future studies should investigate the relationship between strategy implementation and other dimensions of an organizational culture. Paper type: Empirical

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Strategy Implementation: Does Hierarchy Culture Matter in Licensed Professional Societies in East Africa

Njagi

2021

EJMI

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“…Além da possibilidade de se utilizar o benchmarking e realizar avaliação do desempenho de sustentabilidade, as diretrizes da GRI permitem às empresas a comparação do desempenho dentro de si própria ou em relação a outras organizações ao longo do tempo, uma vez que o formato é um padrão reconhecido mundialmente (SCHOLL; HOURNEAUX JUNIOR; GALLELI, 2015;SOARES et al, 2018).…”

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Pontos positivos e negativos dos relatórios de sustentabilidade no modelo global reporting initiative: revisão da literatura nacional e internacional

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Considerando a crescente adesão de empresas ao redor do mundo pelo modelo de reporte da Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) para a produção de relatórios de sustentabilidade, o objetivo deste artigo é identificar pontos positivos e negativos desse modelo. Para tanto, procedeu-se à uma revisão da literatura, buscando-se artigos nacionais e internacionais em bases de dados constantes no Portal de Periódicos da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior. Foram selecionados 55 artigos que traziam pontos positivos e/ou negativos dos relatórios de sustentabilidade no modelo de reporte da GRI. Observou-se que o periódico “Journal of Cleaner Production” se sobressaiu em relação ao número de publicações sobre o assunto, com 25 artigos do total. Os pontos positivos destacados na pesquisa foram agrupados nos seguintes tópicos: “Responsabilidade, transparência e legitimidade organizacional”; “Padronização e comparabilidade”; “Popularidade e credibilidade”; e “Abrangência”. Já os pontos negativos destacados, em tópicos, foram: “Incompletude”; “Padronização pouco rígida e dificuldade em estabelecer comparações”, “Greenwashing”; “Diferentes expectativas dos stakeholders”; “Alto custo de desenvolvimento do relatório”; e “Falta de integração entre indicadores”. Buscou-se contribuir preenchendo uma lacuna na literatura sobre estudos desse tipo, que reunissem os pontos fortes e fracos do modelo GRI, observando-se ainda certos pontos de controvérsias entre autores. Como sugestão para pesquisas futuras, recomenda-se um aprofundamento em relação ao princípio da materialidade, considerado ponto crítico por alguns autores presentes nesta revisão e pouco abordado na literatura.

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“…da Rocha et al. (2018) study organizational culture and sustainability, mainly highlighting the profile of the dominant culture, cultural forces and the relationships between cultural profiles and the economic, environmental, and social dimensions of sustainability; however, they do not indicate precisely the type of organizational culture that explains each of the dimensions of sustainability, in contrast to Linnenluecke et al.…”

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Types of organizational culture and sustainability in ecotourism businesses in southern Mexico

Medina-Álvarez,

Sánchez-Medina

2023

JEFAS

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of the relationship between different types of organizational culture (hierarchical, clan or group, market or rational and adhocratic) and sustainability through three dimensions (economic, environmental and social) in ecotourism businesses in Oaxaca and Chiapas, Mexico.Design/methodology/approachIn this research 80 questionnaires were administered in the form of face-to-face interviews to ecotourism business owners'. Through a discriminant analysis and the theoretical support of the competing values framework (CVF), the prevailing types of culture were identified, and their influence was analysed through a regression analysis.FindingsThe results show that ecotourism businesses which are driven by hierarchical culture tend to have a greater focus on economic sustainability, while those businesses with a market or rational culture show a positive and significant influence on environmental sustainability. Likewise, businesses with adhocratic culture achieve sustainability holistically; however, the data reveal that clan or group culture is not associated with social sustainability.Originality/valueThis study offers empirical research that explains the relationship between organizational culture and sustainability. Additionally, it contributes to the study of environmental management issues in the ecotourism sector.

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Organizational culture and sustainability in Brazilian electricity companies

Cited by 17 publications

References 8 publications

Strategy Implementation: Does Hierarchy Culture Matter in Licensed Professional Societies in East Africa

Strategy Implementation: Does Hierarchy Culture Matter in Licensed Professional Societies in East Africa

Pontos positivos e negativos dos relatórios de sustentabilidade no modelo global reporting initiative: revisão da literatura nacional e internacional

Types of organizational culture and sustainability in ecotourism businesses in southern Mexico

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