Determinants of diffusion of environmental sustainability innovations in hospitals of Bihar state in India
Journal of Global Responsibility
ISSN: 2041-2568
Article publication date: 16 November 2020
Issue publication date: 21 January 2021
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to examine the effect of the characteristics of innovation and change adopters on the rate of adoption of environmental sustainability innovations in hospitals of Bihar state in India.
Design/methodology/approach
Data were collected from hospital administration, managers, doctors, nurses and staff working at various levels in both public and private hospitals of Bihar. Research model was tested using regression analysis with the help of statistical package for social sciences 24.
Findings
Innovation characteristics of relative advantage, simplicity, trialability and compatibility were found to significantly predict the adoption of eco-innovations while innovativeness and environmental opinion leadership failed to demonstrate any significant impact on sustainability adoption in hospitals.
Originality/value
This study provides important information to the change agents on how to diffuse green innovations in the unsustainable and inefficient areas and make them more sustainable. With no systematic investigation of sustainability innovations being done in the health-care sector in India, this study on eco-innovations in a resource-constrained state of India provides a fresh perspective and practical insights on the state of sustainability innovations in health care.
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Acknowledgements
The project on which the present report is based was funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research and Ministry of Human Resource Development, India (IMPRESS Scheme). However, the responsibility for the facts stated, opinions expressed and conclusions reached is entirely that of the project director/author and not of the sponsoring agency. Grant Number: File No. IMPRESS/P777/2018–19/ICSSR.
Conflict of Interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Citation
Chaudhary, R. and Kumar, C. (2021), "Determinants of diffusion of environmental sustainability innovations in hospitals of Bihar state in India", Journal of Global Responsibility, Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 76-99. https://doi.org/10.1108/JGR-05-2020-0060
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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