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Table 1 Identification of barriers to social sustainability initiatives
Barrier dimensions
Key barrier sub-dimensions
Authors
Governance-related barriers
(GB)
Lack of shared understanding
and exchange of information
(GB1)
Mamic (2005), Boyd et al.
(2007), Beske et al. (2008),
Gualandris et al. (2015)
Lack of monitoring from the
buyer on use of equipment
(GB2)
Beske et al. (2008), Bledow
et al. (2009), Ciliberti et al.
2009)
Lack of encouragement from
International buyers (GB3)
Ehrgott et al. (2011), Klassen
and Vereecke (2012),
Terpend and Krause (2015)
Lack of buyer-driven social
initiative and support (GB4)
Ehrgott et al. (2011), Terpend
and Krause (2015)
Institutional policies and
support related barriers (IB)
Lack of support and
encouragement programs
(IB1)
Hutchins and Sutherland
(2008), Schaltegger (2011),
Locke et al. (2013)
Lack of regulations on
occupational health and
safety (IB2)
van Donk et al. (2010)
Lack of participation and
promotion from (IB3)
Locke et al. (2013)
Lack of supportive policies
and uncertainty from
institutions (IB4)
Hutchins and Sutherland
(2008)
Management related Barriers
(MB)
Lack of adaptions to new
occupational health and
safety policies (MB1)
Mani et al. (2015), Huq et al.
(2016), Kuppig et al. (2016)
Lack of managerial
capabilities for
implementation (MB2)
Carter and Rogers (2008),
Ciliberti et al. (2009), Power
et al. (2014)
Lack of involvement of
operational staff in planning
decisions (MB3)
Baumgartner (2009)
Lack of flexibility and
resilience skills (MB4)
Bhamra et al. (2011)
(continued)
illustrated (Tables 5, 6, 7 and 8). In the present study, the results of AHP modeling
reveals that governance Related Barriers (GB) is a leading barrier followed by Technical and Resource-Related barriers (TB). Management Related Barriers (MB) and
Institutional policies and support related barriers (IB) occupy third and fourth most
important barriers, which is not an as much serious concern.
After the pairwise comparison, local weights of a total of 16 barriers (from
Tables 5, 6, 7 and 8) with global weights with respect to the highest relative importance at the hierarchical level are presented in Table 8. Lack of shared understanding
and exchange of information (0.284994), with regard to global weight results, is
U. Awan et al.
Table 1 Identification of barriers to social sustainability initiatives
Barrier dimensions
Key barrier sub-dimensions
Authors
Governance-related barriers
(GB)
Lack of shared understanding
and exchange of information
(GB1)
Mamic (2005), Boyd et al.
(2007), Beske et al. (2008),
Gualandris et al. (2015)
Lack of monitoring from the
buyer on use of equipment
(GB2)
Beske et al. (2008), Bledow
et al. (2009), Ciliberti et al.
2009)
Lack of encouragement from
International buyers (GB3)
Ehrgott et al. (2011), Klassen
and Vereecke (2012),
Terpend and Krause (2015)
Lack of buyer-driven social
initiative and support (GB4)
Ehrgott et al. (2011), Terpend
and Krause (2015)
Institutional policies and
support related barriers (IB)
Lack of support and
encouragement programs
(IB1)
Hutchins and Sutherland
(2008), Schaltegger (2011),
Locke et al. (2013)
Lack of regulations on
occupational health and
safety (IB2)
van Donk et al. (2010)
Lack of participation and
promotion from (IB3)
Locke et al. (2013)
Lack of supportive policies
and uncertainty from
institutions (IB4)
Hutchins and Sutherland
(2008)
Management related Barriers
(MB)
Lack of adaptions to new
occupational health and
safety policies (MB1)
Mani et al. (2015), Huq et al.
(2016), Kuppig et al. (2016)
Lack of managerial
capabilities for
implementation (MB2)
Carter and Rogers (2008),
Ciliberti et al. (2009), Power
et al. (2014)
Lack of involvement of
operational staff in planning
decisions (MB3)
Baumgartner (2009)
Lack of flexibility and
resilience skills (MB4)
Bhamra et al. (2011)
(continued)
illustrated (Tables 5, 6, 7 and 8). In the present study, the results of AHP modeling
reveals that governance Related Barriers (GB) is a leading barrier followed by Technical and Resource-Related barriers (TB). Management Related Barriers (MB) and
Institutional policies and support related barriers (IB) occupy third and fourth most
important barriers, which is not an as much serious concern.
After the pairwise comparison, local weights of a total of 16 barriers (from
Tables 5, 6, 7 and 8) with global weights with respect to the highest relative importance at the hierarchical level are presented in Table 8. Lack of shared understanding
and exchange of information (0.284994), with regard to global weight results, is