| Title | Employee skills for circular business model implementation: A taxonomy |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 20774 |
| Authors | Straub, L; Hartley, K; Dyakonov, I; Gupta, H; van Vuuren, D; Kirchherr, J |
| Title | Employee skills for circular business model implementation: A taxonomy |
| Year | 2023 |
| Published | |
| Abstract | A growing body of scholarship has examined circular business models as a pathway towards sustainability. However, employee skills to support such business models have been largely overlooked. Addressing this research gap, this article proposes a comprehensive skill taxonomy for start-ups embracing circular economy transition. As the first large-N effort to develop a comprehensive skill taxonomy for circular business model implementation, this study uses a clustering analysis of self-reported skill profiles for 2407 staff working in circular start-ups. The taxonomy outlines 40 skills across six categories: business innovation, operations, social dimensions, systems, digitization, and technical issues. Findings suggest that circular business model imple-mentation requires a set of general, sustainable, and circular skills, but some of these skills have been neglected in scholarship. Promoting circular narratives as a framing device for skill development can help advance CE towards mainstream uptake, and this study's taxonomy offers a practical framework for using talent to accelerate CE transition. |
| https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137027 |
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