Environmental practices in the wine industry: An empirical application of the theory of reasoned action and stakeholder theory in the United States and New Zealand

Industry transformation related to environmental stewardship has received significant scholarly attention over the past decade. However, limited theoretical and empirical work examines the motivations for improving environmental performance in an industry in different countries. In this paper, we de...

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Published inJournal of world business : JWB Vol. 45; no. 4; pp. 405 - 414
Main Authors Marshall, R. Scott, Akoorie, Michèle E.M., Hamann, Ralph, Sinha, Paresha
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Greenwich Elsevier Inc 01.10.2010
Elsevier
Elsevier Science Ltd
SeriesJournal of World Business
Subjects
Agrofood industry
Business management
Business practices
Comparative analysis
Environmental practices
Environmental practices Wine industry Theory of reasoned action Stakeholder theory United States New Zealand
Environmental protection
Environmental stewardship
Exports
Hypotheses
Management attitudes
New Zealand
Organization theory
Organizational behaviour
Pollution control
Stakeholder
Stakeholder theory
Studies
Theory of reasoned action
U.S.A
United States
Wine
Wine industry
Wines
New Zealand
United States > US
New Zealand
Wine industry
Environmental practices
Stakeholder theory
United States
Theory of reasoned action
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Summary:Industry transformation related to environmental stewardship has received significant scholarly attention over the past decade. However, limited theoretical and empirical work examines the motivations for improving environmental performance in an industry in different countries. In this paper, we develop a set of hypotheses, based in the theory of reasoned action and stakeholder theory, regarding drivers of the adoption of environmental practices in the wine industries of New Zealand and the United States. We test our hypotheses using data from survey questionnaires collected in each country. Our findings suggest that subjective norms and internal stakeholder pressures are common drivers of the adoption of environmental practices in these two countries. However, managerial attitudes and external stakeholder pressures are not significant drivers. We also find that managerial attitudes and export dependence are stronger determinants of environmental practice adoption in New Zealand compared to the U.S.
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ISSN:1090-9516
1878-5573
DOI:10.1016/j.jwb.2009.08.009