Commitment follows beliefs: A configurational perspective on operations managers' commitment to practice adoption

Abstract This study uses location-specific data to investigate the role of spatially mediated peer effects in farmers’ adoption of conservation agriculture practices. The literature has shown that farmers trust other farmers and one way to increase conservation practice adoption is through identifying feasible conservation practices in neighboring fields. Estimating this effect can help improve our understanding of what influences the adoption and could play a role in improving federal and local conservation program design. The study finds that although spatial peer effects are important in the adoption of conservation tillage and diverse crop rotation, the scale of peer effects are not substantial.

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What are the drivers and barriers for green business practice adoption for SMEs?

Environment Systems & Decisions ◽

10.1007/s10669-021-09821-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Junia A. Purwandani ◽

Gilbert Michaud

Keyword(s):

Business Practice ◽

Practice Adoption ◽

Green Business

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Absorptive capacity in child welfare: a qualitative study with child welfare staff eliciting key factors for evidence-based practice adoption

Journal of Public Child Welfare ◽

10.1080/15548732.2021.1959489 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-20

Author(s):

Andrew Winters ◽

Cole Hooley ◽

Geetha Gopalan

Keyword(s):

Child Welfare ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Absorptive Capacity ◽

Evidence Based Practice ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Key Factors ◽

Practice Adoption

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Entrenchment in status positions and the adoption of new norm-deviant organizational practices: Evidence from the Japanese banking industry, 1983–2005

Organization Studies ◽

10.1177/0170840620910952 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 017084062091095

Author(s):

Jesper Edman ◽

Alex Makarevich

Keyword(s):

Banking Industry ◽

Original Data ◽

Organizational Practices ◽

Organizational Status ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Practice Adoption ◽

Status Mobility ◽

The Relationship ◽

Organizational Age ◽

Middle Status

We examine the effect of status entrenchment on the adoption of new norm-deviant organizational practices. Identifying organizational age and status mobility as factors affecting entrenchment, we extend the middle-status conformity theory by explicating how entrenchment moderates the relationship between status and adoption. Using original data from the Japanese loan syndication market, we show that young and new-in-status banks have a lower propensity to follow status-based adoption behavior than actors entrenched in the same status positions. We discuss implication of these results for the understanding of new practice adoption and organizational status effects.

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