Going Beyond Institutional Pressures: Reviewing Adoption of ISO 14001 at the Gorman-Rupp Company.

Having reviewed the research on ISO 14001 adoption, it was found there was a “gap” in the research overall related to the size of organizations reviewed and level of analysis. Therefore this dissertation looked to fill this gap by conducting a case-study at the Gorman-Rupp Company with a focus on th...

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Main Author: Bores, Jessica
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
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Published: 2011
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/24961/
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description Having reviewed the research on ISO 14001 adoption, it was found there was a “gap” in the research overall related to the size of organizations reviewed and level of analysis. Therefore this dissertation looked to fill this gap by conducting a case-study at the Gorman-Rupp Company with a focus on the organization’s top-management. The aim of this research was to understand how individuals viewed institutional pressures and to explore how that impacted adoption of ISO 14001. What has been found is that it is not as much about the institutional pressure, but rather the level of understanding of those involved. This research thus suggests the need to develop understanding of ISO 14001 within an organization, specifically individual understanding, if the ISO 14001 EMS is to go beyond just complying with the institutional pressures related to adoption.
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spelling nottingham-249612018-06-05T17:39:33Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/24961/ Going Beyond Institutional Pressures: Reviewing Adoption of ISO 14001 at the Gorman-Rupp Company. Bores, Jessica Having reviewed the research on ISO 14001 adoption, it was found there was a “gap” in the research overall related to the size of organizations reviewed and level of analysis. Therefore this dissertation looked to fill this gap by conducting a case-study at the Gorman-Rupp Company with a focus on the organization’s top-management. The aim of this research was to understand how individuals viewed institutional pressures and to explore how that impacted adoption of ISO 14001. What has been found is that it is not as much about the institutional pressure, but rather the level of understanding of those involved. This research thus suggests the need to develop understanding of ISO 14001 within an organization, specifically individual understanding, if the ISO 14001 EMS is to go beyond just complying with the institutional pressures related to adoption. 2011 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed text/html en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/24961/1/Bores_J_Final_MSc_CSR.pdf application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/24961/2/Bores_J_Final_MSc_CSR.pdf Bores, Jessica (2011) Going Beyond Institutional Pressures: Reviewing Adoption of ISO 14001 at the Gorman-Rupp Company. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
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title_short Going Beyond Institutional Pressures: Reviewing Adoption of ISO 14001 at the Gorman-Rupp Company.
title_sort going beyond institutional pressures: reviewing adoption of iso 14001 at the gorman-rupp company.
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