Open AccessImpediments of Environment Management System (EMS) Implementation in Malaysian Local Authorities – A Preliminary Finding
Author(s) -
Nero Madi,
Corina Joseph,
Mariam Rahmat
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
shs web of conferences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2416-5182
pISSN - 2261-2424
DOI - 10.1051/shsconf/20173405001
Subject(s) - business , local government , institutional theory , normative , government (linguistics) , isomorphism (crystallography) , doctrine , sample (material) , public sector , public administration , public relations , environmental resource management , political science , economics , management , linguistics , philosophy , chemistry , chromatography , crystal structure , law , crystallography
The implementation of environmental management system (EMS) by public sector agencies is in line with the Malaysian Government Transformation Programme (GTP) and the New Public Management doctrine. Local authority is chosen as a sample because of its important role in advancing towards sustainable development.This study aims to examine impediments to the ISO 14001 implementation by Malaysian local authorities using the institutional theory as the underlying framework. The survey instrument was developed and distributed via mail to all 146 local authorities in Malaysia.Finding revealed that the\udimpediments to the EMS implementation were explained by lack of coercive, normative and mimetic isomorphism under the institutional\udtheory.It is expected that the survey findings would fill in the gaps in the literature in better understanding the lack of implementation of IS00 14001 particularly in the emerging economy