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Environmental standards and labor productivity: Understanding the mechanisms that sustain sustainability

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Delmas, Magali A., Pekovic, Sanja·2013·Journal of Organizational Behavior
DOI 10.1002/job.1827
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Summary: In the last decade, a rising number of firms have adopted voluntary international environmental management and product standards, such as the international ISO 14001 management standard or organic certification. Although emerging research analyzes the impact of these standards on environmental and financial performance, there is to our knowledge no empirical research on how they affect the productivity of employees. In this paper, we investigate the direct relationship between environmental standards and labor productivity, as well as two mediating mechanisms through which environmental standards influence labor productivity: employee training and enhanced interpersonal contacts within the firm. Our empirical results, based on a French employer–employee survey from 5220 firms, reveal that firms that have adopted environmental standards enjoy a one standard deviation higher labor productivity than firms that have not adopted such standards. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Authors
Delmas, M. A., & Pekovic, S.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • University Paris‐Dauphine Paris France
Corresponding author
Delmas, Magali A.
ORCID
Delmas, Magali A.
Venue
Journal of Organizational Behavior
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2012-09-11
Volume
34
Issue
2
Pages
230-252
ISSN
  • 0894-3796 (ISSN-L)
  • 1099-1379
DOI
10.1002/job.1827
OpenAlex
W2098785315
Cited by
341
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126
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FWCI
42.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Journal of Organizational Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (submittedVersion)
  • Base Institutionnelle de Recherche de l'université Paris-Dauphine (BIRD) (University Paris-Dauphine) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Environmental Sustainability in Business
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Quality and Management Systems
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
Keywords
environmental standards, labor productivity, ISO 14001, organic certification, voluntary environmental standards, employee training, interpersonal contact, mediating mechanisms, corporate sustainability

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