Sustainability Through Green Procurement: Interplay Between Leadership and Institutional Pressures

Green Procurement is an emerging theme in the construction industry across the globe. However, construction firms often find it difficult to integrate sustainability performance indicators in construction projects especially in procurement. Literature shows that the construction industry has frequen...

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Main Authors:	M., Waris, Ullah, Mehfooz, Lee, Chia Kuang
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	Future Academy 2019
Subjects:	HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25598/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25598/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25598/1/Sustainability%20Through%20Green%20Procurement.pdf

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spelling	ump-255982019-08-06T06:28:44Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25598/ Sustainability Through Green Procurement: Interplay Between Leadership and Institutional Pressures M., Waris Ullah, Mehfooz Lee, Chia Kuang HD28 Management. Industrial Management Green Procurement is an emerging theme in the construction industry across the globe. However, construction firms often find it difficult to integrate sustainability performance indicators in construction projects especially in procurement. Literature shows that the construction industry has frequently encountered the disapproval of the regulatory authorities for neglecting or evading environmental regulations and it is particularly criticized for ignoring sustainability concerns in the procurement process. Therefore, in response to mounting institutional pressures, green procurement is emerging as a key strategic option for improving overall sustainability in construction industry. However, there is still much to be done as the research studies on green procurement identified that this strategy is not showing constant outcomes across the organizations owing to the organizational factors which impede or support in translating the green procurement strategy into practice at the organizational level. Therefore, through extensive review of the relevant literature, this study employs the theoretical lens of institutional theory in conjunction with transformational leadership to explore their role in enabling green procurement in construction firms. A hypothetical framework is thus proposed to analyse the role of transformational leadership in channelizing the institutional pressures for a pragmatic implementation of green procurement while effectively managing the inevitable change process at organizational level. Future Academy 2019 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_nc_4 http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25598/1/Sustainability%20Through%20Green%20Procurement.pdf M., Waris and Ullah, Mehfooz and Lee, Chia Kuang (2019) Sustainability Through Green Procurement: Interplay Between Leadership and Institutional Pressures. In: The European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences EpSBS: ICBSI 2018 - International Conference on Business Sustainability and Innovation, 17-19 October 2018 , Bayan Baru, Penang, Malaysia. pp. 196-205., LXV. ISSN 2357-1330 https://doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2019.08.20
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description	Green Procurement is an emerging theme in the construction industry across the globe. However, construction firms often find it difficult to integrate sustainability performance indicators in construction projects especially in procurement. Literature shows that the construction industry has frequently encountered the disapproval of the regulatory authorities for neglecting or evading environmental regulations and it is particularly criticized for ignoring sustainability concerns in the procurement process. Therefore, in response to mounting institutional pressures, green procurement is emerging as a key strategic option for improving overall sustainability in construction industry. However, there is still much to be done as the research studies on green procurement identified that this strategy is not showing constant outcomes across the organizations owing to the organizational factors which impede or support in translating the green procurement strategy into practice at the organizational level. Therefore, through extensive review of the relevant literature, this study employs the theoretical lens of institutional theory in conjunction with transformational leadership to explore their role in enabling green procurement in construction firms. A hypothetical framework is thus proposed to analyse the role of transformational leadership in channelizing the institutional pressures for a pragmatic implementation of green procurement while effectively managing the inevitable change process at organizational level.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	M., Waris Ullah, Mehfooz Lee, Chia Kuang
author_facet	M., Waris Ullah, Mehfooz Lee, Chia Kuang
author_sort	M., Waris
title	Sustainability Through Green Procurement: Interplay Between Leadership and Institutional Pressures
title_short	Sustainability Through Green Procurement: Interplay Between Leadership and Institutional Pressures
title_full	Sustainability Through Green Procurement: Interplay Between Leadership and Institutional Pressures
title_fullStr	Sustainability Through Green Procurement: Interplay Between Leadership and Institutional Pressures
title_full_unstemmed	Sustainability Through Green Procurement: Interplay Between Leadership and Institutional Pressures
title_sort	sustainability through green procurement: interplay between leadership and institutional pressures
publisher	Future Academy
publishDate	2019
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