The Impacts of Institutional Pressures on Environmental Performance: The Mediating Role of Voluntary Environmental Regulation in Mexico.

Authors

  • Juan J. Martínez Hernández Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CIIDIR-IPN, Unidad Oaxaca, Oaxaca, México.
  • Patricia S. Sánchez-Medina Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CIIDIR-IPN, Unidad Oaxaca, Oaxaca, México.
  • René Díaz-Pichardo ICN Business School, Cerefige, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.60583/gypp.v33i2.8268

Keywords:

voluntary environmental regulation, institutional theory, mimetic pressures, coercive pressures, normative pressures

Abstract

This research analyzes the mediating role of voluntary environmental regulation on the relationship between mimetic, normative, and coercive pressures and the environmental performance of certified companies in an emerging country. This study uses an instrumentalvariable research design and structural equation modeling with survey data from 225 certified companies. It was found that voluntary environmental regulation increases the predictive validity of mimetic and normative pressures on environmental performance. Voluntary environmental regulation also fully mediates the relationship between pressure for compliance with regulation and environmental performance. This study contributes to the body of environmental management and policy literature in two ways: 1) it demonstrates the usefulness of institutional theory in explaining the adoption of voluntary environmental regulation; 2) it offers empirical evidence of the benefits and limits of voluntary environmental regulation in a context characterized by institutional voids.

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Author Biographies

Juan J. Martínez Hernández, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CIIDIR-IPN, Unidad Oaxaca, Oaxaca, México.

Es doctor en Ciencias en Conservación y Aprovechamiento de Recursos Naturales por el Instituto Politécnico Nacional-CIIDIR Oaxaca. Sus intereses de investigación son gestión ambiental en negocios, regulación ambiental, evaluación de políticas públicas, leyes ambientales, conservación y uso sustentable de recursos naturales. Su publicación más reciente se encuentra en la revista Business Strategy and the Environment.

Patricia S. Sánchez-Medina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CIIDIR-IPN, Unidad Oaxaca, Oaxaca, México.

Es doctora en Ciencias en Conservación y Aprovechamiento de Recursos Naturales, profesora-investigadora en el Instituto Politécnico Nacional-CIIDIR Oaxaca. Integrante del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, nivel II. Sus intereses de investigación son gestión ambiental en negocios de subsistencia, industrias fragmentadas y negocios familiares. Dentro de esta área de investigación, ha desarrollado y participado en diferentes proyectos de investigación y ha publicado diversos trabajos en revistas como Journal of Business Research, Sustainability, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Organizational Change Management, Business Strategy and the Environment y Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship. Su más reciente investigación es el campo de la sustentabilidad en negocios familiares.

René Díaz-Pichardo, ICN Business School, Cerefige, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France.

Tiene un doctorado en Gestión del Tecnológico de Monterrey, México. Obtuvo una Habilitación para Dirigir Investigaciones (HDR) de la Universidad de París-Saclay. Trabaja como profesor e investigador en ICN Business School, en Francia. Participa como investigador asociado en el laboratorio de investigación Cerefige de la Universidad de Lorraine, Francia. También es profesor visitante en el Instituto Politécnico Nacional de México. Sus investigaciones se relacionan con la sostenibilidad de las pequeñas y medianas empresas y han sido publicadas en revistas como Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Research y Journal of Cleaner Production. Actualmen­te supervisa estudiantes de doctorado en México, España y Francia.

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Martínez Hernández, Juan J., Patricia S. Sánchez-Medina, and René Díaz-Pichardo. 2024. “The Impacts of Institutional Pressures on Environmental Performance: The Mediating Role of Voluntary Environmental Regulation in Mexico”. Gestión Y Política Pública 33 (2):1-37. https://doi.org/10.60583/gypp.v33i2.8268.

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Vol. 33 No. 2 (2024)

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