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    Supplier Engagement in Sustainability Programs: A Field Experiment of Enabling Versus Coercive Formalization

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    Wohlgezogen, F; Hofstetter, JS; Brück, F; Hamann, R
    Date
    2021
    Source Title
    Organization and Environment: international journal of ecosocial research
    Publisher
    SAGE Publications
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Wohlgezogen, Franz
    Affiliation
    Management and Marketing
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    Wohlgezogen, F., Hofstetter, J. S., Brück, F. & Hamann, R. (2021). Supplier Engagement in Sustainability Programs: A Field Experiment of Enabling Versus Coercive Formalization. Organization and Environment: international journal of ecosocial research, Forthcoming, https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026620921454.
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    Open Access
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/260486
    DOI
    10.1177/1086026620921454
    Abstract
    Formal, compliance-focused governance for supply chain sustainability initiatives has a mixed empirical track record. We build on classic research on bureaucracy to examine how “enabling” and “coercive” formalization at the buyer–supplier interface affect attitudes, an important precursor to behavioral engagement. We conduct a randomized field experiment with the supplier community of a South African insurance company to directly compare treatment effects of enabling and coercive interventions. We report and discuss the enabling intervention’s positive attitudinal effects and the moderation of these effects by supplier characteristics. Our findings also reveal some notable null effects, especially from the coercive intervention. We believe this work contributes to a more nuanced understanding of formal governance choices in supply chains and their impact on supplier engagement.

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