Journal
PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL
Volume 31, Issue 9, Pages 709-722Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2019.1681533
Keywords
Mimetic pressures; quality management practices; environmental management system; environmental performance; financial performance
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Manufacturers have extensively recognised the strategic importance of quality and environmental management. However, there is little guidance on how they adopt and exercise both management practices in a way that enhances firms' performance outcomes. To fill the research gap, this paper empirically investigates the relationships among mimetic pressures, a firm's quality management practices (QMPs), environmental management system (EMS), and environmental and financial performances. By using a data set collected from 212 U.S. manufacturing firms, this study examines the proposed hypotheses. Our major findings are: first, mimetic pressures are a driving factor for EMS but do not motivate the adoption of QMPs; second, QMPs are an important enabler not only for enhancing firms' financial performance but also for promoting EMS and environmental performance; and finally, EMS does not influence firms' financial performance directly, but indirectly does so through enhancing environmental performance. This study contributes to the literature of quality and environmental management and provides practical implications by addressing motivating factors of both QMPs and EMS, and identifying factors for successful environmental management practices.
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