Analyzing management preferences for sustainability : Toward a new framework
Series
Working Paper Series in Management
Type
working paper
Date Issued
2015
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
Sustainability
management preferences
public value
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Publisher
Institute for Corporate Development (ICD) - Chair of Management
Number
3
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
239230