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Title Value-dominant logic: organizational principles
ID_Doc 73844
Authors Mahajan, G; Kumar, V; Tregua, M; Bruni, R
Title Value-dominant logic: organizational principles
Year 2023
Published European Journal Of Marketing, 57, 5
DOI 10.1108/EJM-11-2022-0816
Abstract PurposeThis paper aims to present the seven organizational principles for developing value-dominant logic (VDL) thinking and advancing it toward making a business purposeful and open to a lifestyle of value for humanity at large.Design/methodology/approachVDL considers value as rooted on axiology, actor-network theory, the hygge concept and is deployed through seven organizational principles deriving from the original eight VDL principles (Mahajan, 2017).FindingsIt is necessary to consider value in its polysemous meanings as an emergent element and a result of people's interpretation based on norms and beliefs. At the same time, managers conceptualize businesses to create stimuli for the markets and society and favoring the emergence of a positive and sustainable value. This study explains how organizations and managers can be driven by norms and beliefs and a purpose to make decisions and assume postures and behaviors capable of stimulating the emergence of positive and sustainable value, creating opportunities for humanity at large; this managerial behavior creates conditions for value creation, and it is framed in VDL.Research limitations/implicationsA research agenda is provided that can spawn fruitful research in VDL.Practical implicationsThis study develops the theoretical roots for a management approach that will support organizations and managers in interpreting their role as stimulators of value.Social implicationsThe study focuses on the well-being and happiness of all the stakeholders.Originality/valueThe study developed organizational principles deeply rooted in the VDL.
Author Keywords Value-dominant logic; Actants; Value; Norms and beliefs; Stakeholder value; Values; Hygge; Axiology; Actor-network theory; Wellbeing
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000967848500001
WoS Category Business
Research Area Business & Economics
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