Motivating factors in hospital environmental management programs: a multiple case study in four private Brazilian hospitals

Abstract Environmental responsibility has been a widespread and relatively recent research theme in the healthcare sector. Considering that the greater life expectancy increases the need for healthcare services and that these services produce negative environmental externalities on human health, it...

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Main Authors: Jan Krüger, Claudia Araújo, Guilherme Curi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Getulio Vargas, Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas
Series:Cadernos EBAPE.BR
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spelling doaj-9806d6aec1ca474ea4eece2cb307f2c02020-11-24T21:27:43ZengFundação Getulio Vargas, Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de EmpresasCadernos EBAPE.BR 1679-395115spe49651010.1590/1679-395160285S1679-39512017000700496Motivating factors in hospital environmental management programs: a multiple case study in four private Brazilian hospitalsJan KrügerClaudia AraújoGuilherme CuriAbstract Environmental responsibility has been a widespread and relatively recent research theme in the healthcare sector. Considering that the greater life expectancy increases the need for healthcare services and that these services produce negative environmental externalities on human health, it is important to understand the relationship between environmental responsibility and the healthcare sector. This article aims to investigate what motivates hospital managers to adopt environmental responsibility programs and to identify the actions implemented by them. A multiple case study was conducted involving four Brazilian hospitals based in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The results indicate that the main drivers are competitive, ethical and regulatory and that the competitive and regulatory motivators have the potential to establish a baseline for environmental performance that varies across ownership type (public or private). The results also indicate that the comprehensiveness of environmental actions is related to organizational resilience and to the motivators that drive hospitals to adopt those actions. Two conceptual models are proposed to illustrate these findings and offer bases for further research.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-39512017000700496&lng=en&tlng=enHospitalSustentabilidadeMeio-ambienteResiliência OrganizacionalAções
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Claudia Araújo
Guilherme Curi
Motivating factors in hospital environmental management programs: a multiple case study in four private Brazilian hospitals
Cadernos EBAPE.BR
Hospital
Sustentabilidade
Meio-ambiente
Resiliência Organizacional
Ações
author_facet Jan Krüger
Claudia Araújo
Guilherme Curi
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title Motivating factors in hospital environmental management programs: a multiple case study in four private Brazilian hospitals
title_short Motivating factors in hospital environmental management programs: a multiple case study in four private Brazilian hospitals
title_full Motivating factors in hospital environmental management programs: a multiple case study in four private Brazilian hospitals
title_fullStr Motivating factors in hospital environmental management programs: a multiple case study in four private Brazilian hospitals
title_full_unstemmed Motivating factors in hospital environmental management programs: a multiple case study in four private Brazilian hospitals
title_sort motivating factors in hospital environmental management programs: a multiple case study in four private brazilian hospitals
publisher Fundação Getulio Vargas, Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas
series Cadernos EBAPE.BR
issn 1679-3951
description Abstract Environmental responsibility has been a widespread and relatively recent research theme in the healthcare sector. Considering that the greater life expectancy increases the need for healthcare services and that these services produce negative environmental externalities on human health, it is important to understand the relationship between environmental responsibility and the healthcare sector. This article aims to investigate what motivates hospital managers to adopt environmental responsibility programs and to identify the actions implemented by them. A multiple case study was conducted involving four Brazilian hospitals based in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The results indicate that the main drivers are competitive, ethical and regulatory and that the competitive and regulatory motivators have the potential to establish a baseline for environmental performance that varies across ownership type (public or private). The results also indicate that the comprehensiveness of environmental actions is related to organizational resilience and to the motivators that drive hospitals to adopt those actions. Two conceptual models are proposed to illustrate these findings and offer bases for further research.
topic Hospital
Sustentabilidade
Meio-ambiente
Resiliência Organizacional
Ações
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