Analyzing management preferences for sustainability : Toward a new framework
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2015-07-02
Author(s)
Abstract
This paper identifies three major gaps in the debate on sustainable management behavior. It explores, first, the relevance of a person's understanding of sustainability and, second, the importance and role he or she attributes to sustainability with regard to management issues (here referred to as "sustainability rationales") in order to explain preferences for specific management practices. Third, this paper considers the importance of socio-cultural contexts, which play a major role in determining value systems, as well as of the connection between individual values and management preferences for sustainability. Introducing a framework to explore all of these relations, this paper contributes to the emerging discourse on responsible leadership. Potential implications for further research are discussed.
Language
English
Keywords
Management preferences
sustainability
value systems
sustainability rationales
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Book title
Organizations and the Examined Life: Reason, Reflexivity and Responsibility
Publisher
EGOS
Start page
1
End page
8
Pages
8
Event Title
31st European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium
Event Location
Athens
Event Date
02.-05.07.2015
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
240297