click on star to go back to Joseph Sarkis' HomepageThe influence of stakeholder pressure on the adoption of environmental
practices has been established in the literature. In this paper we posit
that these direct effects are further mediated, causally, by the level of
training in companies. Theoretically, this relationship is supported by
the relationship between institutional theory (stakeholder pressure) and the
dimensions of dynamic capabilities in resource-based theory. We investigate
this relationship within the Spanish automotive industry. The theoretical
contribution of this paper focuses on further supporting the relationship
between stakeholder and resource-based theory as complementary theoretical
frameworks. The practical implications focus on whether or not training
should be integrated in order to help in the adoption of particular
environmental practices, which in this study are represented by
environmentally-oriented reverse logistics practices.
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