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Cross-Cultural Management and Global Environmental Policy Implementation
Abdulqadous Abdullah
Al-Turath University, Baghdad 10013, Iraq
Hayder Mohammed Hassan
Al-Mansour University College, Baghdad 10067, Iraq
Salah Hassan Maleh Akla
Al-Mamoon University College, Baghdad 10012, Iraq
Ghazwan Salim Naamo
Al-Rafidain University College, Baghdad 10064, Iraq
Saad T.Y. Alfalahi
Madenat Alelem University College, Baghdad 10006, Iraq
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59429/esp.v10i11.3995
Keywords: cross-cultural management; environmental policy compliance; stakeholder engagement; institutional adaptability; policy adoption efficiency; regulatory governance; sustainability initiatives
Abstract
Cross-culture management, stakeholder engagement and institutions adaptation play an important role in effectiveness of the global environmental policy implementation. The article investigates the regulatory compliance rates, policy adoption efficiency, and governance structures among various regions, recognizing the constituents that foster policies adherence or pose obstacles to compliance. Using stakeholder engagement as a predictor of compliance looking at compliance metrics, engagement levels (marginally and non-marginally) and policy adoption timelines — the study found that while increased engagement did provide a positive correlation with compliance, the returns were diminishing at extreme levels. Also, a delay in the adoption of the policy has an inverse effect on adherence, whereas greater input attenuates this association. Collaborative governance models and culturally adaptable governance emerge as critical mechanisms to enhance policy success. Utilizing advanced regression analysis, predictive modeling, and comparative case studies, the research endeavors to establish empirical connections between institutional adaptability and regulatory effectiveness. Our findings highlight the importance of streamlined regulatory frameworks, targeted stakeholder engagement strategies and culturally informed governance approaches. They add to a larger story of global efforts at sustainability, no-one policy overall works, but you need to be contextual on how, who and where you implement it. Future work should build on this with longitudinal studies of compliance trends and on the integration of economic and technological variables into frameworks of environmental governance. Such an approach would allow policymakers and multinational organizations to greatly improve upon the enforcement of environmental policy by being more flexible, inclusive and region relevant.
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