Corporate change agents for sustainability: Transforming organizations from the inside out
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Contributors
Abstract
Sustainable development requires sustainability transformations of (so far unsustainable) companies. Sustainability transformations of companies do not happen by themselves but are the result of individuals and groups who purposefully act for sustainability. It is individual managers and employees within an organization—so-called “change agents for sustainability”—who play a vital role in advancing corporate sustainability, as they are responsible for starting initiatives, making decisions, and implementing measures. Recent contributions have started to address the transformational role of individual sustainability professionals and employees shaping decisions around social and environmental issues in organizations. An overview and conceptualization of what can be understood by change agents for sustainability, their roles, and interactions is however missing. This article therefore proposes a framework and typology of six archetypes of change agents for sustainability: their key competencies and roles in initiating, scaling, and sustaining change in and beyond organizational boundaries.
Details
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 145-156 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 26 Dec 2023 |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2024 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
Mendeley | 01ec1157-d3e5-32f5-9b1a-948be12c3d5f |
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ORCID | /0000-0002-6104-3333/work/162845354 |
Keywords
Sustainable Development Goals
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Keywords
- Ecological/Sustainability, Leaders/Leadership, Managers, Organizational