Investigating the role of celebrity institutional entrepreneur in reducing the attitude-behavior gap in sustainable consumption

PurposeAnthropogenic activities such as unsustainable consumption pattern is one of the reasons responsible for the ongoing environmental issues. Although, consumers are becoming increasingly aware and concerned about environmental problems their attitudes are not resulting in sustainable consumption behavior (SCB). Celebrity institutional entrepreneurs can engage and inspire the public at large and contribute to institutional change. Hence, this study aims to explore the potential of celebrity institutional entrepreneurship in galvanizing mainstream SCB by increasing the awareness of environmental issues and their consequences.Design/methodology/approachThis study examines the actor's influence by conducting a netnographic analysis of Leonardo DiCaprio's Instagram account. Further, qualitative interviews of account followers were also conducted to evaluate the influence of account on their awareness levels and consumption practices.FindingsOur findings indicate that account had a significant impact on consumers' environmental awareness and engagement with environmental issues. However, a partial impact was seen in case of their sustainable consumption practices. Our study concludes that celebrity institutional entrepreneurship can help in addressing the attitude-behavior gap in sustainability research.Originality/valueThis study is amongst the few studies that attempted to explore the ways to reduce the attitude-behavior gap in SCB. It examines the potential of celebrity institutional entrepreneurship to galvanize mainstream sustainable consumption. The results of this study are useful to key stakeholders (policymakers, marketers, social-environmental groups etc.) in the development of more effective strategies for sustainable development.

Theorizing Institutional Entrepreneuring: Arborescent and rhizomatic assembling

A growing body of research has cataloged the myriad actors involved in tackling persistent institutional problems. Yet we lack a theoretical toolkit for explicitly conceptualizing and comparing diverse modes of institutional entrepreneuring—the processes whereby actors are created and equipped for institutional action—capable of ameliorating grand challenges. Drawing on assemblage theory, we articulate two ideal-typical modes of assembling actorhood: arborescent and rhizomatic. We differentiate each mode along four principles: association, combination, division, and population. Building on our theorization, we propound an arborescent-rhizomatic space comprising clusters of arborescent, rhizomatic, and hybrid actorhood. To explore the generativity of our framework, we revisit selected research at the intersection of institutional entrepreneurship and grand challenges. We close by articulating how our concept of assembling actorhood reorients research toward institutional entrepreneur ing and contributes to the application of assemblage theory within organization studies.

THE ANALYSIS OF PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION INSTITUTIONAL ENTREPRENEUR COMMUNITY TANGAN DI ATAS (TDA) AGAINST INCREASED REVENUE LOCAL ECONOMY IN MEDAN

This study aims to analyze the Program of Institutional Entrepreneur Community Tangan Di Atas (TDA) Against Increased Revenue Local Economy in Medan. The problem in this research is to see the extent to which the opportunities of independent variables such as entrepreneurship education, capital, selling price, the amount of labor, marketing through the exhibition of entrepreneurship of the dependent variable is the income of Small Enterprises assisted Institutional Tangan Di Atas (TDA) of Medan. The data used is primary data with the primary form of questionnaires to the small enterprises patronage of TDA Medan with observation period in 2013 s.d. 2015. While the methods of analysis used for primary data is Probit with analysis software program E Views 6 and secondary data obtained on a general overview of the small enterprises patronage of TDA Medan and the results of the study of literature (Library Research) to support his theories relevant to the research. From the results of this study indicate that there is a positive correlation and significant between entrepreneurship education, capital, selling price, the amount of labor and marketing aspects through the exhibition of entrepreneurship opportunity of increased revenue Small Enterprises Patronage TDA Medan otherwise there is a positive relationship and not significant among the workforce to an increased chance the small enterprises patronage of TDA revenue Medan. TDA Medan can be able to focus in increasing entrepreneurship education, marketing aspects through the exhibition of entrepreneurship, product selling prices, capital and to concentrate in the amount of labor professionally to get the result maximally to an increased chance the small enterprises patronage of TDA revenue Medan.

The three pillars of institutional theory and IFRS implementation in Nigeria

PurposeThis study explores the effects of the three pillars of institutional theory in shaping the activities of institutional entrepreneurs and other social actors during International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) implementation in Nigeria.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses a document analysis method to achieve the objectives of the study.FindingsThis study finds that IFRS implementation in Nigeria witnessed some progression from regulative to normative to cognitive pillar building. The regulation on IFRS implementation was initiated top-down rather than through lobbying from professional accounting bodies and the public. Changes in the regulatory framework brought some improvement to corporate financial reporting practices such as the timing of corporate filings of audited financial reports. However, the implementation process is laden with conflicts and power struggle among institutional actors. These conflicts and power struggles led the President of Nigeria to sack the Board of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC), the reconstitution of the Board and appointment of a Chairman for the Board of the FRC.Practical implicationsIFRS implementation process resulted in power redistribution among institutional actors, which led to resistance, tensions and conflicts among institutional actors. The conflicts arise from the need of actors to legitimate their activities and secure their positions. The three institutional pillars are key components of a change process and the actor's social position affects their capability to act as an institutional entrepreneur.Originality/valueThis finding should provide foundational knowledge that will inform practitioners, researchers and regulators in developing countries on how institutional actors shape the approach to corporate reporting regulations.

The Role of University as Institutional Entrepreneur in Regional Innovation System

Recent literature has moved from a primarily economic perspective to awareness of the institutional role of a university in a regional innovation system. This chapter contributes to the scholarly discussions by combining the theories of institutional entrepreneurship and institutional logics to provide an analytical framework for understanding how universities can support institutional change in a regional innovation system. In particular, the authors consider the university as an institutional entrepreneur that not only initiates diverse changes in the institutional environment, but also actively participates in the implementation of such changes. The analytical framework is used to analyse the case of Tongji University in a regional innovation system in Shanghai, China.