Organizational Visibility, Stakeholder Environmental Pressure and Corporate Environmental Responsiveness in China. (13th October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yu, Jieqiong; Lo, Carlos Wing‐Hung; Li, Pansy Hon Ying
• Is Part Of: Business strategy and the environment. Volume 26:Number 3(2017)
• Page Start: 371
• Page End: 384
• Publication Date: 2016-10-13
• Subjects: organizational visibility -- stakeholder pressure -- corporate environmental responsiveness -- foreign‐owned enterprises -- Chinese‐owned enterprises -- China; Industrial management -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Industries -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; 658.4083
• DOI: 10.1002/bse.1923
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0964-4733

Abstract

Abstract: This article investigates the relationship between organizational visibility and corporate environmental responsiveness in China. It also examines whether this relationship is mediated by stakeholder pressure, and whether the strength of the relationships among organizational visibility, stakeholder pressures and corporate environmental responsiveness is moderated by the type of enterprise ownership. Based on the responses from a survey involving 131 enterprises, this study suggests a potentially positive and significant correlation between organizational visibility and corporate environmental responsiveness in China. However, the study reveals surprisingly that stakeholder pressure for environmental improvements does not seem to account for the above correlation. Organizational visibility is found to be negatively associated with stakeholder pressure in the case of Chinese‐owned enterprises, and stakeholder pressure has no significant associations with corporate environmental responsiveness. In addition, the moderating effect of enterprise ownership is strongly evidenced, which provides important policy implications for developing effective mechanisms to stimulate environmental management practices. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment