| Title |
Employee roles in sustainability transformation processes A move away from expertise and towards experience-driven sustainability management |
| ID_Doc |
76903 |
| Authors |
Süssbauer, E; Maas-Deipenbrock, RM; Friedrich, S; Kress-Ludwig, M; Langen, N; Muster, V |
| Title |
Employee roles in sustainability transformation processes A move away from expertise and towards experience-driven sustainability management |
| Year |
2019 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.14512/gaia.28.S1.7 |
| Abstract |
Although ordinary employees are typically regarded as an important stakeholder group for enhancing corporate sustainability, they are seldom seriously addressed in business or research practice. To learn from the practical experience of what takes place at workplaces, we analysed four transdisciplinary research projects all aimed at initiating, accompanying and analysing processes of sustainability transformation within companies, but which focused on different sectors and organisational contexts. Based on the assumption that ordinary employees can hold three different roles in processes of sustainability transformations (implementers, ambassadors and recipients of corporate sustainability practices), we compared the findings from practices of employee involvement within the four projects. Based on these findings, we examined the implications for companies and highlighted future research needs. |
| Author Keywords |
corporate sustainability practices; employee roles; obstacles to sustainable economy; sustainability transformation; worker participation |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000490813100007 |
| WoS Category |
Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies |
| Research Area |
Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| PDF |
https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.28.s1.7
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