RT Journal Article
T1 Institutional pressures for sustainability: a triple bottom line approach
A1 Pasamar, Susana
A1 Bornay-Barrachina, Mar
A1 Morales-Sánchez, Rafael
K1 Institutional Pressures
K1 Tripple Bottom Line
K1 Corporate Strategy
K1 Sustainability
AB PurposeThis paper empirically addresses the effect of coercive, normative and mimetic pressures on sustainability results, focussing on the three dimensions of the triple bottom line approach: environmental, economic and social. The mediating role of compliance, analyser or proactive corporate strategies towards sustainability is also considered.Design/methodology/approachThe hypotheses developed in this study were tested using data from a sample of private companies from two industries: manufacture of chemicals and chemical products, and manufacture of basic metals.FindingsThe results confirm the role played by institutional pressures for sustainability in explaining the involvement of organisations in economic, social and environmental aspects. The mediating effect of corporate strategy is also confirmed, although only for environmental aspects.Originality/valueResearch into sustainability development is evolving rapidly; however, few studies have explored its diffusion amongst organisations from a triple bottom line perspective by considering the role of different current external pressures, the corporate strategy and the diverse results.
PB Emerald
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/24337
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/24337
LA en
NO European Journal of Management and Business Economics, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJMBE-07-2022-0241
NO Proyectos de investigaciónProyecto PID2020-112599GB-I00 and Proyecto PID2021-128420OB-I00 funded by MCI/AEI/10.13039/50110001103.
NO Departamento de Organización de Empresas y Marketing
DS RIO
RD May 24, 2026